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Prensky, Marc – Educational Leadership, 2008
In the past, many children knew little of the world outside their neighborhoods. It was the job of education to enlighten children, to lead them out of ignorance into knowledge. Today's students are different. They grow up connected to the world through their computers and mobile devices. Instead of embracing students' technology-infused lives,…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Student Motivation
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Burns, Mary – Educational Leadership, 2006
An overly narrow and specialized focus on technology in schools discourages the use of computers to promote higher-order thinking. Many districts have concentrated on skills training, failed to supply such necessary supports as professional development, conflated technology use with instructional quality, and classified all software applications…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, School Districts, Thinking Skills, Educational Technology
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Monke, Lowell W. – Educational Leadership, 2006
Most schools are unwilling to consider decreasing computer use at school because they fear that without screen time, students will not be prepared for the demands of a high-tech 21st century. Monke argues that having young children spend a significant amount of time on computers in school is harmful, particularly when children spend so much…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Young Children, Reading Readiness
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DePillis, Lydia – Educational Leadership, 2006
High school students in Seattle's Global Technology Academy bring refurbished computers to schools and orphanages in developing areas of the world and teach young people the skills they need to advance in an increasingly information-based global marketplace. In 19 trips to date, teams of 5-15 students have taken computers and knowledge to such…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, High School Students, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Literacy