Traditional methods of teaching no longer suffice in this technological world. Currently there are more than 1000000 computers in the school rooms in the US. Students, mediocre and bright alike, from the first grade through high school, not only are not intimidated by computers, but have become avid participants in the computer epoch.Kids operating computers implement their curriculum with great versatility. A music student can programme musical notes so that the computer will play Beethoven or the Beetles. For a biology class, the computer can produce a picture of the intricate actions of the body organs, that enabling today's students to investigate human biology in a profound way. A nuclear reactor is no longer an enigma to students who can see its workings in minute detail on a computer.In Wisconsin, the Chippewa Indians are studying their ancient and almost forgotten language with the aid of a computer. More commonly, the computer is used fordrilling math and language concepts so that youngster may learn at their own speed without trying the patience of their human teachers. The simpliest computers aid the handicapped, who learn more rapiddly from the computer than from humans.Adolescents have become so exhilarated by computers that they have developed their own jargon, easily understood by their peers but leaving their disconcerted parents in the dark. They have shown so much fervor for computers that they have formed computer clubs, beguiled their leisure hours in computer stores, and even the attended computer camps. A boy Scout can get a computer merit badge. One ingenious young students devised a computer game for Atari that will earn him $100,000 in royalties.This is definitely the computer age. It is excepted that by 2005 there will be between 3,000,000 to 6,500,000 computers in american Schools. Manufacturers of computers are presently getting taxi writ-offs for donating equipment to colleages and universities and are pushing for legislation to obtain further deductions for contributions to elementary and high schools. Futhermore, the price of computers has steadily fallen to the point where a small computer for home or office id being sold for less than $100. At that price every class in the country will soon have computer kits.
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