Thomas Edison once said “Books will soon be obsolete in the schools...” (Thomas Edison 's Crystal Ball) and you can see that in education today many schools are becoming a model 21st century school and getting computers and not using books as much in the classroom and if they do they are on the computer. Computers are used in all forms of school but are students getting the necessary education that they require to be proficient in basic computer education? Even though technology is becoming more of an everyday item some schools do not have a computer education class but their should be a curriculum aimed towards younger grades.
There are many practical uses to computers in education like typing a paper or doing a powerpoint but not many think about the other ways that you can use computers including making notes cards or reviewing something that you missed in math class on a trusted website. Teachers can also integrate websites like Khan Academy into their lessons to support the constantly changing common core standards(Five Way Teachers Can Use
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There are many popular coding websites that are designed for the beginning coder to the semi professional coder ("Should we teach computer science in elementary school?" ). Many kids are under the wrong impression about coding they think that just because they are bad at math they think that they have no hope in the computer coding side of computers. In some schools there is a large interest in computer science classes and then there are other schools that have very few kids interested. (Students Know Computers, Not the Science Behind