C HAPTER 3 – THE IMPACT OF COMPUT ERS We cannot forget that computers/technology is just another tool that helps us achieve our curricular goals.
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What types of technologies do we use in schools today? o Smart boards o iPads/iPod o Clickers
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Computer TVs Projectors
Are computers important in education? o ICTs – 3 (Information and communication technology) PROCESS OF PRODUCTIVITY FOUNDATIONS COMMUNICATION
What skills do our students need to have to be successful in the world? o Adaptable o Communication skills o Reason and logic skills o Searching o Organization skills o Absorbing information
The thing that has changed the most in our classrooms is the where, what, who, and how. (A-A-A) o One of the biggest misconceptions about computers is that they would revolutionize education. They have not! o Why haven’t they? Too much money involved. Too little or poorly timed training. Too big to manage TECHNOLOGY IS THE APPLICATION OF A TOOL TO SOLVE A PROBLEM RELATED TO INFORMATION.
Tools extend human capability
Information technology is the application of a tool to solve problems related to information o Technology is the deliberate ingenious effort to create, select adapt and apply tools to a task or a problem.
ANY SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MAGIC. ~ARTHUR C. CLARKE.
T IME L INE 1890 Census machine
1955 Transistor
1982 1987 Year of the Hypercard 1975 computer Apple Computer Kits MS-DOS
1945 ENIAC
1969 ARPAnet
1977 Apple
30 tons, $500k Calculated trajectory of cannon fire 174K Watts of heat Punch cards
First internet
Commodore 8bit
1984 The Macintosh 128kb