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The use of computers in lower elementary teaching
Maja Ružić Baf
; Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli, Hrvatska
Mirjana Radetić Paić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5256-724X
; Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Even though today computers are present in all primary schools, the computer technology in most schools is outdated, as well as the softwares they use.
The starting point of this paper is the theoretical consideration of computer use in schools and at home. It argues the importance of computer and information literacy of all people included in the process of upbringing and education (teachers, pupils, and parents). Also it deals with the software tools utilization, such as text processors, image drafting, table calculations, playing computer games both off-line and on-line, information retrieval on the Internet, and the ever-growing attendance of social networks such as: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube, MySpace and Friendster.
The experimental part of the paper deals with the assumption that the respondents (pupils attending lower classes of primary school, aged seven to ten, N = 103) use computers mainly for the purpose of playing educational games and searching the Internet, and that the computers they use are ergonomically inappropriate for their age.
The aim of this research was to find answers to the questions of difference in the computer use between sexes, of purposes computers are used for; time children spend daily in front of the computer screens, and of most frequently played educational or non-educational computer games
Ključne riječi
information and communication technology (ICT); school; teacher; student; social networks; computer (video) games
Hrčak ID:
82408
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2010.
Posjeta: 2.058 *