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ERIC Number: ED321858
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990-Mar
Pages: 94
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Computers in Head Start Classrooms: Recommendations from the Head Start/IBM Partnership Project.
MOBIUS Corp., Alexandria, VA.
This report offers a series of recommendations for the creation of a successful computer learning center in the Head Start classroom. Based on a 6-month study involving 44 classrooms in 11 programs in 7 states, recommendations focus more on children, teachers, and classroom activities than on computers and software. The report recommends many practical teaching activities for use with children, and many training and support strategies for teachers. A summary of the recommendations is followed by information on the Head Start/IBM Partnership Project (a joint effort of the Head Start Bureau and the Educational Systems Division of International Business Machines Corporation); a rationale for computers in the classroom; organization of the computer learning center; the process of introducing children to computers; the process of training and supporting teachers; the process of involving parents and volunteers; and characteristics of successful Head Start program implementation. Appendices include a list of participating organizations, descriptions of hardware and software, technology readiness self-assessment questionnaires for individual staff members, and diagrams of computer placement and equipment organization. (RH)
MOBIUS Corporation, 405 North Henry Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 (single copy free; multiple copies, $4.00 each, postpaid).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: MOBIUS Corp., Alexandria, VA.
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