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Bringing the Computer Lab into the Kindergarten Classroom
October 16, 2007 | |
In January 2006, I wrote a post entitled “The Demise of the Computer Teacher,” wondering aloud about whether the entire format of the tech coordinator’s job should change. Almost 2 years later, the MCDS Kindergarten team and I are piloting a new model for Computer Lab this Fall, in which I go to the Kindergarten classrooms with 6-7 iBook laptops and work with small groups of children during “centers” time. We are all very excited about bringing the computers into the kids’ “natural habitat” and I promise to report back about how it is working!
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