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Issue 19: Do Computers Negatively Affect Student Growth?

Issue 19: Do Computers Negatively Affect Student Growth?. By: Tiffany Tam. Lowell Monke - Yes. Information acquisition Moral & financial support but no advances. Negative Effects . Intellectual growth & creativity sacrificed Diminution of spontaneity and instinctive responses of learner

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Issue 19: Do Computers Negatively Affect Student Growth?

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  1. Issue 19: Do Computers Negatively Affect Student Growth? By: Tiffany Tam

  2. Lowell Monke - Yes • Information acquisition • Moral & financial support but no advances

  3. Negative Effects • Intellectual growth & creativity sacrificed • Diminution of spontaneity and instinctive responses of learner • Outdated CPUs & too complex or poorly correlated software

  4. Monke’s Ideas • Firsthand experiences needed • Limits of simulations & Obsolete lessons • Ecological Impact & Change in values • In wrong hands & Balancing Act • Technology with Human Purpose • Conclusion

  5. Others Opinions • Theodore Roszak – excess of info • Marshall McLuhan – concrete experiences

  6. Frederick Hess - No • Efficiencies of computer technology • Major investments for new technologies

  7. Positive Effects • Individualization & Self-pacing. • Organized education • Experimentation & Social Experience

  8. Hess’s Ideas • Technical Difficulties • Cultural Bias • Traditionalists • Technology & Data Management • New Role of Teachers • Larger class size • Technology is a tool

  9. My Opinions • Technology is good & necessary • Back to the basics • Creativity & imagination stifled Kandinsky

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