March 2001
"Do computers belong in the
classroom?"
Your responses will be posted here as received, and may be used in other FACCC
publications.
Please e-mail responses to Communications Director Katherine Martinez, k7martinez@aol.com, by March. 31 (use the subject
"March Question").
Answers received:
- Your answer could be here
- RLand@dccd.cc.ca.us (Rita Dean-Land)—As
night follows day, computers expand the horizons of knowledge in instructional education.
Computer technolgy is the replacement for the pencil, the dry erase marker, and pen.
Knowledge is still the basis of learning; only the means of communication has
changed.—Rita Ramirez Dean-Land, Professor of Reading, College of the Desert
- jdegalli@mendocino.cc.ca.us (Jon
Degallier)—Do blackboards belong in the classroom?"—Jon Degallier, Computer
Instructor, Mendocino College, 707 468 3186, jon@degallier.com, degallier.com
- rvalencia@webtv.net (Richard
Valencia)—Even if we are able to equip each classroom with computers, and equip each
student with a laptop, and connect every one to the Internet, we will still need
teachers!—Richard A. Valencia, Instructor, Fresno City College
- hudelsonputnamc@mail.yosemite.cc.ca.us
(Cecelia Hudelson-Putnam)—Yes, if the faculty are using them to supplement
discussion, but not to
replace instruction. Many faculty today seem to hate teaching without technology. This
concerns me because the skills our students need to
acquire at the community college do not demand a computer.
Our students need to learn how to read critically, how to take good notes, how to support
their arguments, and how to write what they think. These
skills do not require a computer in the classroom.
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