In Chapter 2 Integration Corner under Internet for Kids, I found a great website that teaches children how to actually use the internet and the computer. The beginning part of this website explains how to use a mouse and other various things associated with a computer. These things are important to learn especially when trying to add internet and computer based lessons in the classroom.
However, a down fall to this website is that all the instructions are a little hard to read for students in younger grade. So, what do you do? Just have the older students use this website. But, this poses the issue that some or maybe even most students who are old enough to read and comprehend the instructions are probably already capable of using a mouse to point and click on things, since these types of activities are being done at home. This just means that if the teacher wants to use this website for younger children who do not yet know how to use the computer or anything associated with it, will have to read the instructions out loud to the children. This could be a positive thing though, so that the teacher can be there if student has trouble and needs help or if a student does well and deserves appraise.
I thought about the navigation of these websites as I typed out my blog. How can teachers teach in the classroom and provide the students with all the technological information that they need to navigate through these websites. I thought about should a teacher look at the differences between the time consuming sites or the practical in front of the class room lesson. Technology in the classroom can be a positive thing, but do the negatives over weigh the positives. Does it cause more frustration for the teacher and student?
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