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Article: Teachers, Teach Thyselves.(public-school teachers and computer technology)(Industry Trend or Event)
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- October 1, 2000
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WHEN TEACHERS ARE TOO OVERLOADED TO LEARN HOW TO USE THEM, COMPUTERS COLLECT DUST.
Imagine you are an observer in an elementary-school classroom. Two shiny new computers are hooked up to the school's network and the Internet. The teacher steps to the front of her room, smiles at 35 young faces and poses a challenge: "OK, class, we have downloaded a wonderful picture of penguins from the Web. Who can tell me how to insert this picture into a report written in Microsoft Word?"
She is not conducting a test. The 10-year-olds are teaching her how to use the software. This is how many public-school teachers are learning computer technology or improving their ...