Chapter 7

Being able to teach students about problem solving with computers is a great idea. Today we live in a world surrounded by technology and it is just keeps growing and growing. I think what better way to help out students on to solve skills while using a computer. In this article about Computer Skills it talks about the different strategies there is about problem solving with computers. Giving students an opportunity to problem solve with computers will help them find different solutions on finding out a problem they are given. They can further there problem and social skills while using the computer.

Another thing that caught my attention was the types of problem solving and inquiry learning software. As mentioned in the book technology has always been used. Students need to learn the proper way of the use of technology. Technology is not just a tool that will give you the answer right there in then. Students need to learn on how to further on to investigate a problem with technology. Using technology is a starting point to get a student started but students need to learn on how to be creative and create their own software.

Third thing that caught my attention in this assignment was about computer games as learning resources. Since students are so caught up in technology why not use it in the classrooms. There can be learning games that students would enjoying doing while at the same time they are learning something. There is one site that I learned about when I went one time to observe a classroom teachers are now using fast math. It is a website where students can play and learn math at the same time. When I was in elementary we only had paper and pencil and never used computers to do math. I really think this is one computer games resource a teacher can use. It interacts children into doing math.

In conclusion there are different skills to use computers and technology in the classroom. Students enjoy technology and instead of being replaced with it why not just join them and use it more in the classrooms. There can be many kinds of gaming that students can enjoy and at the same time are learning something out of it. We don't always want to bored our students with just books, paper and pencils. When I was in school in elementary, middle or high it was always paper and pencil and books if they would have introduce technology along time ago I think I would have enjoyed school more. Students are more motivated with software applications that contain math and reading game activities.


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