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Children and Technology: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities.
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Wright, Carol – Childhood Education, 2001
Reviews research on children's use of computers and the Internet, educational benefits of information technology, problems with using technology with young children, and teachers' adoption and use of technology. Identifies Internet sites that provide guidelines for sensible Internet use and lists children-appropriate, instructional, and…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Technology Review.
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Childhood Education, 1995
Reviews four CD-ROM titles: (1) "The Way Things Work" provides explanations of machines and scientific principles that make them work; (2) "Stowaway" teaches about intricacies of an 18th-century warship; (3) "Explorapaedia: The World of Nature" teaches about plants, animals, ecosystems, and universe; and (4) "My…
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Dictionaries, Elementary Education
Children's Computers.
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Samaras, Anastasia P. – Childhood Education, 1996
Suggests that teachers and social context determine what young children acquire from computer experiences. Provides anecdotes of teachers working with children who are using a computer program to complete a picture puzzle. The computer allowed teachers to present a problem, witness children's cognitive capabilities, listen to their metacognitive…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Early Childhood Education