This VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT was written by Jerilyn Watson. Other teachers say the computer is simply another tool that depends on how it is used. They say there is little proof that computers are better than traditional teaching methods. Yet such plans have critics, as a story in the magazine U.S. Schools can get the computers if they can pay twenty-five dollars for each student. Michigan, for example, has started to spend twenty-two-million dollars for laptop or hand-held computers for sixth graders. But now seventh and eighth graders and their teachers in more than two-hundred-forty schools have these wireless computers.Īnd the idea is spreading. Maine is a small Northeastern state which, like many other states, is facing budget troubles. Last year, Maine launched a plan to become the first state to provide laptop computers to each of its middle school students and teachers. But children can still "visit" zoo animals, museum collections and historic places by computer. Some schools cannot send their students to places like museums and zoos. Other virtual activities are also increasingly popular in schools. Others say nothing can replace the real thing. Some educators praise virtual dissection. Help and additional information available include a tutorial, an overview of how. The interactive Web pages are available in a number of languages. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named Fluffy, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The next steps are to remove and identify the heart, lungs and other organs. This award-winning interactive program is part of the 'Whole Frog' project. Users of the site direct cutting tools with clicks of their computer mouse. First, the image of a whole bullfrog appears on the screen. But it also offers a free demonstration on its Web site. Today, more and more students learn about frogs by computer, through "virtual dissection." A company called Froguts sells educational services to schools. Also, animal rights activists may object. The students remove and identify the organs as part of learning about the science of life.īut some schools no longer require students to cut apart frogs. A smelly chemical, formaldehyde, preserves the body of the frog. Students often perform this dissection as a requirement for biology class. Many people remember the day in school when they had to cut up a dead frog. Ability to do practicum assessment without having an actual frog practicum.This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT.High standard of quality in simulation for in depth understanding of the frog body.Provides a safe and ethical alternative.If your curriculum does not include or is opposed to dissection: Provides an alternative assessment before and afterwards.Familiarizes anatomy and physiology prior to dissection, which helps increase retention. View Lab Report - Virtual Frog Dissection (1) from BIOLOGY 101 at CHARLES P.Practice helps procedural understanding.Costs less than most dissection manuals.Complete audio narration with Closed Caption Text and encouraging feedback. Interactive pins which provide anatomical name, physiologic information and other choices.
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