At Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn, Maine, Laurie Gerard prepares her class for a session on the iPads. Before they collect their tablet-style, handheld computers, the 5 and 6 year olds recite a ditty reviewing the ground rules for using them-----"Fingers on the bottom, thumbs on the top, that way my iPad won't drop."
在缅因州奥本的Sherwood Heights小学里,Laurie Gerard 正在准备用iPad给孩子们上课。在开始收集平板型和掌上型电脑之前,五六岁的孩子正在背诵使用这些电脑的基本法则-----“手指在下,拇指在上,这样我的 iPad 就不会掉了。”
"I was introducing our magnetic land application for the kids. We'll be using it for them to make names, words, we're doing word work.And today we're just exploring so they get a feel for the application before they really get into it."
“我正在向孩子们介绍磁性土地的应用。我们将使用电脑教会孩子们命名和组词,我们正在进行单词学习。今天我们只是在初步地探索以便孩子在真正学习之前对该应用有一个印象和简单的感觉。”
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As the school gets progresses, Gerard's classes use various Ipad applications to help them come up with individualized learning *** for each student. The Ipad has been a feature of the classroom since classes begun in September and it quickly became a big hit with many of the kids.