This format allows teachers to integrate various academic and behavioral concepts into the program, creating a curriculum with limitless possibilities for active learning. When curriculum objectives are compatible with software objectives, it is likely that students will transfer learning from the computer to a real situation with ease. For students with severe behavior problems, computer-assisted active learning represents a unique way of assimilating knowledge. First, teachers must agree on a software program that will benefit students in terms of age, grade level, interest, user friendliness and content appropriateness. For our proposal, three desktop publishing programs were evaluated.
Students enter the information, edit it and check their spelling.
This software program should help improve students' writing performance, evidenced by the quality and sophistication of work in their portfolios. When selecting technology for the classroom, educators must project students' future needs while facilitating existing programs. Price, quality, expandability and warranty are vital considerations. The idea is that while working cooperatively at such a workstation, students may develop the intrinsic values needed to perpetuate satisfactory citizenship. Technicians employed by the school board will install the Compaq hardware and network all four computers to a Canon laser printer and a four-way data switch.