Research skills are a component of many of the listed projects. Electronic research and database skills will be taught by the school library-media specialists. Again, this does not imply that classroom teachers won t or shouldn t teach these skills, only that the primary responsibility for these skills lies with the library-media specialists. If a skill area does not have a goal for a particular year, there is no implication that the tool won t be used during that year. The decision whether or not to use a tool lies in its applicability to the curriculum, not in its being listed in the frameworks.
Children bring different life experiences to school.
The quality and quantity of these experiences impact on learning in all curriculum areas. The resultant disparities in achievement are magnified in the area of computer technology. Some of our children have been working with computers at home since they were toddlers. Others have their first experience in our kindergarten classrooms. We are in the process of developing programs that will increase computer access for families that do not have them at home.