An elementary school scenario

D. Moursund, Karen J. Billings
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It is late spring and you go back to your home town for the tenth year reunion of your high school graduating class. While in town, you find out that your favorite teacher from grade school, Mrs. Hansen, is still teaching and you decide to call and talk with her. She is excited to hear from you and before you know it, you have accepted an invitation to visit her classroom. As you enter the school building the next day, you observe that it still looks like the school you attended. However, as you walk down the hallway towards her classroom, you notice that some of the rooms look a little different: there are microcomputers in them, and VCR's and other machines! While you are pleased to see all that hardware, you are pretty sure that Mrs. Hansen's room won't have much equipment. You just can't imagine her using computers in her classroom. But once you get to her fourth grade class room, you see quite a few computers. Mrs. Hansen greets you warmly and sees the look of surprise on your face. 'I guess these computers weren't here when you were in grade school." she says, smiling. "Actually, ff someone had told me fifteen years ago that I'd be using all these machines, I wouldn't have believed them." "But", she added, "times change and rve changed with them." You are curious and ask her about all these changes. "When did all this happen, and how? Is everyone using computers these days?" She says she will try to update you by condensing the past fifteen years in fifteen minutes, before the children come in. She explains that the transition took place slowly but steadily. "1 took advantage of the inservice opportunities that the school district offered after school and in the summertime. I learned how to operate the computer, to program a little, to evaluate software, and then how to use it in my classroom. Some of the experiences were better than others, but there was always something new to learn and something new to try with my students. Using computers has been a challenge, but it's kept me excited about teaching and the students excited about learning. Both the students and I benefit from using computers." "Just what are the benefits?" you ask. "You sound like a school board membed" she says. "We are, in fact, doing an evaluation of our computer program this spring, but I think you will get the best answer to your question when you watch the children. When they come in, observe what they do, but also how they work together on their lessons and projects. They don't all use
一个小学场景
晚春时分,你回到家乡参加高中毕业班十周年的同学会。在城里的时候,你发现你最喜欢的小学老师汉森夫人还在教书,你决定打电话和她谈谈。她很高兴收到你的来信,在你知道之前,你已经接受了邀请去参观她的教室。第二天,当你进入学校大楼时,你发现它看起来仍然像你上过的学校。然而,当你沿着走廊走向她的教室时,你注意到有些房间看起来有点不同:里面有微型计算机,录像机和其他机器!虽然你很高兴看到所有的硬件,但你很确定汉森夫人的房间不会有太多的设备。你简直无法想象她在教室里使用电脑。但是一旦你到了她四年级的教室,你就会看到很多电脑。汉森太太热情地问候你,看到你脸上惊讶的表情。她笑着说:“我猜你上小学的时候还没有这些电脑。”“实际上,如果15年前有人告诉我,我会使用所有这些机器,我是不会相信的。”“但是,”她补充说,“时代变了,我也跟着变了。”你很好奇,问她这些变化。“这一切是什么时候发生的,又是怎么发生的?”现在人人都用电脑吗?”她说她会在孩子们进来之前,试着在15分钟内把过去的15年浓缩起来,让你了解最新情况。她解释说,这种转变是缓慢而稳定的。“我充分利用了学区在放学后和暑假提供的在职机会。我学会了如何操作电脑,编写一点程序,评估软件,然后如何在课堂上使用它。有些经历比其他的好,但总有新的东西要学,新的东西要和我的学生一起尝试。使用电脑一直是一个挑战,但它让我对教学感到兴奋,让学生对学习感到兴奋。学生和我都从使用电脑中受益。”“到底有什么好处呢?”你会问。“你听起来像个学校董事会成员,”她说。“事实上,今年春天我们正在对我们的计算机程序进行评估,但我认为当你观察孩子们的时候,你会得到你问题的最佳答案。当他们进来时,观察他们做了什么,以及他们是如何在课程和项目上合作的。他们并不都使用
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