School Educational Software. Does it Have What Your Child Needs?
Creativity in school educational software isn’t always a given, but if we are to unleash the talent that often lies dormant, we must open up both our world and that of our children so that they can explore and create in a safe and fun environment. Pen and paper is the natural medium for many, even today in this world of fast paced technology and exciting innovation. I applaud this loyalty to the old ideals, but I also embrace the keyboard, mouse and the screen. They offer opportunity to let escape those secret thoughts without inhibition and either glory in them or store them for another day. The children of the 21st century need this exposure to the world of computing and if they are to compete with their rivals and come out victors they need to be able to combine the technical with the creative; these worlds need to merge.
Have you ever thought of writing from personal experience; anything can be a stimulus.
- A walk at dusk – experience it, then write it.
- A response to a piece of music.
- An argument between siblings.
- After watching your favourite film, use extracts and re-write them. Yet another way to benefit from the educational software that is out there.
Try to write alongside your children, give yourself a short time frame so that ideas erupt and then read them to each other. Crafting can come later. Sharing the experience, identifying your unique writing voice and discussing how to improve is the learning curve neither adult nor child can afford to avoid. It is an opportunity for you to grow too, so that you keep in touch with the world in which your child will have to be a part of, will want to be a part of, but this can come after your child has explored the software in question. They can become your teacher, at least giving you insight into the merit of the school educational software they are using. Let them be judge and jury. It has to be worth the risk?
This is where school educational software can help. Most software offers children the opportunity to create their characters as they go, to review there story and even have it read back to them so they can check that the story flows. This can be particularly useful for children who are unable to hold a pen and paper.
What’s the Point?
Story infiltrates our everyday lives, it encourages a voice, helps us identify pattern and character. In school life, no subject is free of it. Creativity in English, indeed across all subjects is not an option, it is essential for lifelong learning. School educational software can help to encourage your child with the wide range of options which allow them to start their own creative world, but it certainly should not be the only tool they use. Whatever you decide to use, remember it is only a tool and any tool that engages your child has to be worth the time and effort.
Is your child’s creative future important enough to investigate whether school educational software can help them?
Guy Draper
http://www.articlesbase.com/k-12-education-articles/school-educational-software-does-it-have-what-your-child-needs-747674.html
is it fair to blame school for the lack of proper sexual education ?
I often hear people saying its the school fault that teens do not get proper sex education about methods of protection because they are too busy with abstinence teachings , and that results in unwanted pregnancies/stds , but how dare anyone be so hypocrite and not realize that in these modern times (at least in the U.S)your child have to be stupid not to know what a condom is ? I mean i grew up with conservative parents who never talked about this and neither my school but i KNEW what a condom and method of protections are . Dont tell me that when they walk into a walgreens and see those squared little packages hanging from shelves at walgreens advertising pleasure so blatantly , dont they wonder ? dont they figure it out ? and whatever happened to doing a quick google search about methods of protection and how to use them .They are TONS OF WEBSITES AND EVEN VIDEOS about human sexuality and sex that its explicitly directed at teenagers , (in an educational way )so why the hell are we always blaming school or the parents ,why cant we realize teenagers need to start being responsible and thinking for themselves instead of the adults doing all the work, that its the problem in itself , school and parents can teach you ,but they cannot install curiosity , interest and responsibility in your head just as you would do with a software . and maybe some teens DONT REALLY WANT TO KNOW AND USE IT , they just want to experience the pleasure without the responsibility that comes with it . Any thoughts?
I agree with you with every fiber of my being.
And I think it’s the exact same with college students and drinking.
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No its not the schools fault its the parents that rather let there little girl get pregnant because they were "to shy " to talk to them about sex. Plus a lot of kids that do learn about sex in school find it to be old fashioned and they dont care wat they hear because their hormones are going crazy and they end up having sex without protection etc.. a lot of kids blame it on schools cause of course they arent going to take the blame 4 their mistakes.
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because they know you already know yo know what to do
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