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The Computer Enters the Classroomreviewed by Howard Budin - 1999 Title: The Computer Enters the Classroom Author(s): President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology Publisher: John Wiley, New York ISBN: , Pages: , Year: Search for book at Amazon.com Throughout the 1980s microcomputers in schools existed mostly in computer “labs,?
which effectively isolated them from the life of the classroom. Consequently, classroom
teachers had relatively little involvement with them, or even knew what their students
did with them in the labs. More recently, however, due to a combination of factors?
rising dissatisfaction with computers?separation from curriculum and teachers, plus
an ever-growing number of computers in schools—we have seen the beginnings of a
movement to move computers into teachers?classrooms. This has posed a challenge
(and an opportunity) for teachers to learn more about computers, software, and how to
integrate them into their curricula. While older literature in the field tended to focus on
the technology itself and what it could do, newer books, five of which are reviewed here, put the computer into the context of classroom life, and emphasize the kinds of active
learning that computers can support in the classroom.To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Howard Budin
Teachers College, Columbia University E-mail Author Howard Budin directs the Center for Technology and School Change at Teachers College, Columbia University, which works directly with schools and teachers to help them integrate technology effectively into school curriculum. He also teaches in the Program in Computing and Education at Teachers College.
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