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Show 2C Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, Mar. 2, 1983 Computers Join the Three R's in Do vis County Curriculum By CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Correspondent BOUNTIFUL Davis County educators are responding to the interest of students and parents in the growing area of computer technology, with everything from elementary math to high school physics being taught with help- from the amazing machines. Every Davis County elementary school now has an Apple II computer with its disc drives, printers and monitors. The school district has jumped out ahead of other districts in Utah by seeing that virtually every school has at least one microcomputer. MEC Series diskettes have been purchased along with the rights to reproduce them. A wide variety of subjects will be taught with the discs and there are specific programs for specific classes. A world history class might use one featuring a fictitious South American dictator who is faced with problems in his country. Population, resources, and other da.a are printed and the students 'lave to figure out solutions for the dictator based on the data given. District goals are to familiarize elementary and junior high school students with " taught the computer prog- know the 20 command words, ramming course, found that the how to program the computer to children did not have the math print their names, and how to skills necessary to program get it to say hello to them. computers and they were, They were so literate with the therefore, limited in what they computer language that all they could do. Of approximately 30 needed to learn to operate the r ter programming in students, three or four actually Apple Computer was how to had a gift for the work, but even load the disc and the tape," he computer science courses. To prepare teachers to teach those did not have enough math says. Now they are able to use the schools computer and its students how to use the compu- - to advance, Siddoway said. to cut the software. So, Siddoway plans ters, the district is holding clasHassett has each student use ses for two to three teachers at a next session to one hour a week time from each school. Thirty-hou- r for eight weeks. The current the class Vic-2- the same allottcourses teach the basic class began Jan. 12. For the ed amount of time and he emfirst five weeks he will teach phasizes that time on the comprinciples of computer lanputer is never used as a reward Frion and electronic circuitry, transmitguage programming but rather as a subject they will ters, video tape, and communiday nights and Saturday mornall learn. to He like the cation. would have ings. Another rule he has is that the Richard Siddoway, a Bounticlass build a radio during this ful teacher, has been teaching a time. The last three weeks he students can play a game only if they program that game into class for fourth through seventh will devote to computer progthe computer. Some of the boys a grade students once week at ramming. Bountiful High School. He says Parents who would like to have become experts at it. The that the class was set up as one know more about these classes two favorite games of the class are Hangman and Speed-Typ- e of the Davis Academy classes may contact Carolyn Zaugg, Duplicate. Hangman has a with the objective of fitting the Norman Hassett, a fifth grade graphic image of a little man on needs of gifted or talented stuthe screen and is played much dents. teacher at Bountiful Elemenfor his the same way as the He taught the electronics of tary, bought a Vic-2Hangman. That is, computers for the last session class so that they could learn and he arrived at a couple of computer language and do spell a word correctly before conclusions. He found that the some simple programming. He the man is completely made, or one and one half hour long claswanted his students to be pre- -- hung. ses were too long for the stu- pared to use the schools new Speed-Typ- e Duplicate is a dents and that ten weeks of clasApple II. timid game in which a sentence ses was too many. Before it arrived at the appears on the screen for the He and Brandon K. Thacker, . .school, Hassett says, his pupils player to duplicate perfectly. The player receives a score and tries to type the sentence faster each time. Hassett observes that some students are naturally more adept than others and that there are certain skills that are helpful in learning to operate the computer. Graphic and art skills enable students to visualize what they want 'to place on the screen, and spelling is important because many of the game will not accept an otherwise correct answer if it is mispelled. Math and algebra are needed if students want to advance and learn how to make their own programs. Briefly, here is how the the language of the computer, to teach them how to load the discs and how to follow instructions well enough to use the programs as tutoring aids. High school students will have the opportunity to learn compu- who two-yea- 0 292-574- 4. old-fashion- 0 word-answ- having to be programmed each time. One game may require pages of symbols and words to be typed in accurately before it is programmed and ready to play. Computer companies have these games and programs already made for their computer customers to buy. Not only are there games, there are programs which can aid in keeping checkbooks, preparing taxes, and even keeping recipe files. Collectively, these are called software. Texas Instruments 99-4- A claims that none of the home computer operators will ever program their own tapes and the company has made 125 different software programs. Most other companies agree and are e prepared with their own soft-war- items. Some have thousands of programs to offer the home computer operators, business community, and schools. Students must learn to follow directions to use the software. For instance, Apple Writer is a program which has the students type a composition, letter, or newspaper article, and gives them many options on now it will be written. The form, the spacing, the margin settings are all decided by the operators. save their They also have to documenwriting on a disc. The is 100 the program for tation the pages long even thoughmade. is itself already program There are programs which make crossword puzzle in grids when the students print will the words and definitions and other programs that teach ecology by having the students make decisions on how to keep a fish or whale alive. Information is printed on the screen such as water temperature and food available. The students keep the ecological balance for the fish. A popular game for teacher Vern Holzers sixth grade class at Boulton Elementary is Oregon Trail, which has the The pioneers going to Oregon. of role the who play students, the pioneers, are presented with different situations along the way. They must be sure to stock up with enough gear and take the right trail or they may not make it to Oregon. FOREIGN CAR PARTS (KARL'S EUROPEAN CAR SERVICE) . WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF PARTS FOR V.W.'s E WE ARE EXPERTS ON FOREIGN CARS-WE'V- BEEN SERVICING THEM FOR YEARS. SEE US FOR ALL OF YOUR FOREIGN CAR PARTS :rio kil!fi: er !E UlU micro-com- works: The basic unit is a console with keys similar to the typewriter and it is connected to a TV or to a monitor. By pressing the keys in the proper sequence letputer Today's Money Rate 6 Months $1,000 to $5, ters , words, graphics and STUDENTS School in Bountiful with the computer. at Boulton Elementary THREE get hands-o- n experience Stephanie Schroder, 1 0, sounds can be made into games and pictures and other programs. The function of each key is essentially the language of the computer. For home computers there are booklets and tapes to teach the language. When the computer is turned off, the program will be lost unless it has been recorded onto a cassette or a disc. Storing programs makes possible the use of the computer without its (left), Angela Tobler, 11, and Leslye Badres, 11, are taking advantage of the computer training. 10.45 6 Months 1AQPO O $5,000to$10,000?lU3v ond, or third place sweepstakes trophies. On Feb. 18 BOUNTIFUL Bountifuls gold medals were . and 19, six Bountiful High won in the areas of mathematSchool students and their ics by Karen Finn; economics coaches traveled to the Dixie and science by Jason Beck; and College campus in St. George, speech and essay writing by Lito compete in the states first sa Stenger. Silver medals were academic decathlon. They won by John Talbot in speech came home with five gold and Beck in two silver medals and the sec- mathematics. ond place sweepstakes trophy. The decathlon idea originated The decathlon tests a stuand has spread dents knowledge in 10 areas in California the United States across rapidly including history, mathematics, to an in effort science, economics, speech, academic excellencerecognize in our nafine arts and essay writing. The six team members from Bounti- tions students. For the first ful High are Karen Finn, Jason time this year decathlons were in state in the nation. Beck, Lisa Stenger, John Tal- held every Each state will send its winbot, Robert Cornell, and Chris Bigelow. They were selected on ners to a national competition to the basis of test scores and be held in Los Angeles in April. nominated by their teachers. Ogden High School will repreBronze medals as well as gold sent Utah this year. and silver medals were awardOnly one high school from ed for third place finishers. each of Utahs school districts Schools were awarded first, sec competed in this years decath By CAROLE COLE and Jason FOR SOME FOLKS IT MIGHT BE THE BEST CHICKEN DISH THEYVE ENJOYED... EVER!!! ness or error of the answer, and each students score was held districts high schools may com- up on a card behind him so that pete for the honor of represent- fellow team members and coming their district. The students peting schools could see what are judged on the basis of an was being scored by whom. Each student answered five interview and an event called the Super Quiz. questions before being replaced The Super Quiz, a grueling by the next team member. The but exciting affair, Super Quiz lasted until 5 p.m. brings together all the team on Friday, Feb. 18. On Saturday members from each school. Be- an awards banquet at the Four ginning at 8 in the morning the Seasons in St. George, was held teams gathered in the Dixie Co- and the winning schools llege gymnasium. A seat for announced. Each team member was also each of the 30 schools represented was placed on the gym floor. judged on the basis of a A proctor for each school sat interview with a judge. beside each student as he was Questions at these interviews centered on personal goals and quizzed. One team member at a time values rather than secular THRIFT & LOAN 9:00-5:3- 0 Dally Closed Saturday Savinas protected industrial knowledge. Students were judged on poise and articulateness. 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