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Buddies Love Technology
February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment
Our 8th Graders have spent their last two times with Kindergarten buddies using technology to help create projects. Several weeks ago, the “big buddy” used Sketchup to help the “little buddy” create a dream house. This week we used laptops and a Powerpoint template to compose and publish stories together. Such fun! [slideshare id=287280&doc=kindergarten-8th-grade-buddies-1204312040114425-3&w=425]
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As a lifelong student in various areas, I am certainly interested in alternative approaches and techniques to learning, whether it be engineering, history, foreign languages,etc. I do however question whether such alternative approaches at say the pre-highschool level, do not detract from the very serious challenges that are faced by the average American student. I say this because I do not see these approaches taken in say Japanese or German settings and fear that instead of concentrating on those needed skills like mathematics, we spend time and more focus on exposing students to computer skills which they are likely prone to do on their own.