Frontiers
Quiz
January 1998
Name three of the benefits educators have noticed when using high-tech systems in the classroom.
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Teachers and researchers have discovered
many pluses to the high-tech "toys." For
example, Yasmin Kafai found that having
children create computer games are gender
equalizers. Mary Ellen Verona discovered
that the Maryland Virtual High School of
Science and Mathematics teaches students
to think independently. Bill Winn says that
building virtual reality systems encourages
children who learn better in non-traditional
settings. And Mitchel Resnick noted that
working with robots encourages kids to
explore complex concepts.
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