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From: huff@agnes.acc.stolaf.edu (Charles Huff)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Teaching Children about Computers
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Date: 29 Jun 90 18:23:50 GMT
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The best people to get in touch with about resources in educational
sotware is:

	Computer Learning Foundation
	P.O. Box 60967
	Palo Alto, CA 94306-0967

They review lots of software in K-12 and in college.  They have done
stuff jointly with EDUCOM, and hand out prizes to the "best"
educational software in various categories.  Their reviews are (I
think) the most reliable.

I have one suggestion.  Make sure that the stuff the kids learn is
stuff that they can use (and will have the opportunity to use) in
their other class endeavors.  Otherwise, the computer become "the
thing we use on Fridays" and not a real part of their education.  For
example, using spreadsheets to track environmental issues (as linked
to what they are studying in their science studies).

Chuck