What you suspected in grammar school was right. The last time you needed to diagram a sentence or construct a geometry proof was at the chalkboard. Some skills you learn in the classroom don't turn out to be so applicable to the real world. However, if you've ever stumbled over your multiplication when balancing a checkbook or used a formula to calculate how much fabric you need for curtains, you know some skills carry over. Just try to navigate a street without being able to read the signs, or to adapt a recipe without adding or multiplying fractions.
Computer skills are the same way.
Though some of the skills seem abstract at first, showing students how they'll use them out of the classroom can bring the lessons home, the same way that talking about money can illuminate math. Over the next several years a vast percentage of schools will have Net access. Find out how they actually work. TechTV Inc. All rights reserved. We respect your privacy .