Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 12/17/2006 8:09:00 PM Author: grace (aceder@hotmail.com) Subject: computers inteh classroom I use computers on a very limited basis in my room of 4- 5 year olds. I chose the program based on it's correspondence to the theme of interest at that time. Each child is limited to a ten minute period and with only 90 minutes of free time, not everyone gets a turn every day nor even every week. I do not allow "watching" unless it is a new child being overseen by a more expereienced helper. It is just another tool, not something to blame for a lack of social skills. A child who does not know how to use a computer is at a huge disadvanteg today upon entering grade school. At least half of my students do not have a computer at home or are not allowed to "mess up" their parents home computers. Name: Email: Subject

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