Consciouseffort:
I beg to differ, its still a technology which has to be learnt by everyone. I would not talk about my degrees or qualifications but I can guarantee you these days every computer literate parents find it much easier to make their child know how to switch on & off PCs at home & they make them play games on it as a luxury for a limited time & almost these kinds know how to play in MS Paint too :) I have an example in my home too, if I bring my nephew to your school you'll be amazed to see how this little thing does so many wonderful things.
Adeel Ali:
Children today are very very different than our time. These children need a totally different teaching environment than the environment in which we have studied. I am a father of a 3.5 years old boy and he can do the following stuff very easily on my notebook:
1) He can launch firefox browser.
2) He can open games websites. (When he types in address bar, the URLs drop down and he selects the desired one)
3) He can switch to different categories of games depending upon his mood (Flying, racing, funny etc, he understands these categories)
4) He can open MS Word and play with different alphabets.
5) He can open MS Paint and draw different things, nothing is understandable, but he tries.
6) He can navigate across pages (He understands Next Back, close, etc key words and links)
I am telling all this because I want you to think that if a 3.5 years old can do all this at home, he definitely needs a different environment at school for being educated. He can use a computer as a tool for typing (Learning spellings, ABC etc), making sentences, counting, numbers, drawing, coloring, playing educational games etc.
And one more thing, games are not bad for your children, games are good. They help brain development, they boost thinking power and they help child to focus. There are different types of games, let your children play educational games, it is actually good for them.
so anyways, I was saying that TNG is trying to provide that new environment for these special children, and it makes me feel good. Regarding teachers and their qualifications, I admitted in the very first post that they should publish their qualifications .... lets hope they do that once the school is officially open.
I think it would be a better idea to personally visit the school and have a look at their class rooms and meet the teachers to better understand this school and its staff.
Consciouseffort:
I beg to differ, its still a technology which has to be learnt by everyone. I would not talk about my degrees or qualifications but I can guarantee you these days every computer literate parents find it much easier to make their child know how to switch on & off PCs at home & they make them play games on it as a luxury for a limited time & almost these kinds know how to play in MS Paint too :) I have an example in my home too, if I bring my nephew to your school you'll be amazed to see how this little thing does so many wonderful things.
Adeel Ali:
Children today are very very different than our time. These children need a totally different teaching environment than the environment in which we have studied. I am a father of a 3.5 years old boy and he can do the following stuff very easily on my notebook:
1) He can launch firefox browser.
2) He can open games websites. (When he types in address bar, the URLs drop down and he selects the desired one)
3) He can switch to different categories of games depending upon his mood (Flying, racing, funny etc, he understands these categories)
4) He can open MS Word and play with different alphabets.
5) He can open MS Paint and draw different things, nothing is understandable, but he tries.
6) He can navigate across pages (He understands Next Back, close, etc key words and links)
I am telling all this because I want you to think that if a 3.5 years old can do all this at home, he definitely needs a different environment at school for being educated. He can use a computer as a tool for typing (Learning spellings, ABC etc), making sentences, counting, numbers, drawing, coloring, playing educational games etc.
And one more thing, games are not bad for your children, games are good. They help brain development, they boost thinking power and they help child to focus. There are different types of games, let your children play educational games, it is actually good for them.
so anyways, I was saying that TNG is trying to provide that new environment for these special children, and it makes me feel good. Regarding teachers and their qualifications, I admitted in the very first post that they should publish their qualifications .... lets hope they do that once the school is officially open.
I think it would be a better idea to personally visit the school and have a look at their class rooms and meet the teachers to better understand this school and its staff.
Good Luck TNG.