Sam’s Online Journal

This online journal is a requirement of the Computer’s major subject for primary education course at UTS. The various responses found here are my comments about specific readings, my experiences in Practicum and any other interesting issues I come across.

Prac

October 13th, 2005 · 11 Comments
Practicum




Well my class have been to the computer room probably once this year (prior to prac starting). They are booked in to the computer room every tuesday morning from 9am to 10am but the teacher never takes them because they can not be controlled. There are 31 year 4 students in this class and they are all the students at the “lower end” of the grade. The school itself isn’t that great, the entire area is socially disadvantaged and this shows in the students.

Since I have been there we have used the computers once so the students could type up their “My Holiday” stories in word and experiment with the fonts, sizing, colours, borders and clipart. The lesson worked okay with the two of us there. I was amazed at how many students didn’t have computers at home and how many didn’t know how to use one, even to do something simple like turn it on. It was an enlightening experience! ;-)

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