Home is a great place to start teaching children how to use a computer responsibly. Chances are, they can handle it. In fact, they might know more about computers than you do. Kids in more than 12,000 U.S. school districts currently work with computers at school.
Computers at home
One in four students has access to a personal computer at home, recent surveys say, and that number continues to grow. By using software that makes learning fun, the computer can compete against television and video games while educating your child.
Broderbund's "Carmen Sandiego" series, for instance, surreptitiously teaches kids about geography and history while they play detective.
The latest computer craze, CD-ROM drives, holds a wealth of educational information. These special disk drives can assess an enormous amount of reference information. A "U.S. History on CD-ROM" disk holds the text of 107 U.S. history books, as well as 1,000 pictures. Another disk contains the complete series of......
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