<rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>wrote:
> Our technology is totally integrated into the curriculum. We do not have
> any separate technology classes. The teachers evaluate homework by subject
> area (e.g. homework for social studies, homework for English, etc.), so
> there would be no logical place to put keyboarding into the grading
> structure.
Hmm...couldn't typing be seen as a form of writing, and therefore be
considered part of English? After all, all of the formatting skills I
learned long before I learned how to use a Smith-Corona were taught as part
of English or "Language Arts."
> Unfortunately, kids, even as young as 4th grade, seem motivated primarily
> by grades. So, without that to motivate them, they just choose not to do
> it.
Ah yes. My oldest daughter wasn't really motivated by the narrative report
cards she got in Lower School, but once she got "real grades," something she
understood, she got to work with absolutely no nagging.
But you know...I think that most of us are no different. If we can't see
what's in it for us, we're likely not to want to take on a new challenge.
Sometimes "what's in it for us" is more money, sometimes it's impressing
someone of the opposite sex, and sometimes it's a good grade.--
keg
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Keith E Gatling - Computer Instructor
Manlius Pebble Hill School
5300 Jamesville Rd
DeWitt, NY 13214
315.446.2452
Website: http://www.gatling.us/keith
Blog: http://wordfromg.blogspot.com
Some teachers teach subjects. Others teach students.
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