School teacher finds many uses for her Mac 512K



Author: Gladys Burritt

Date: March, 1988

Keywords: mckinleyville humboldt interview profile

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     Marianne Rudebock teaches third grade at Dows Prairie School in
McKinleyville.  Over the last four years, she has been involved in
helping teachers in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties to learn to use
computers.  Mostly, this work has involved Apple IIes given to certain
schools by Apple Computer. 
     Marianne took classes and then taught workshops on various
computer applications, including grade-keeping.  She also approached
the challenges of using computers for instructional purposes,
presenting to teachers ideas on how to use one computer for a classroom
of 30 elementary stuents, or how to design a lab setting.
     Her current use of a computer involves her own Mac, at home, with
which she prepares instructional materials for use in her class.  She
is able to prepare personalized worksheets, for example, in which math
word problems use the names of students in her class.   
     Marianne also finds that she has much more communication with
parents, since with the Mac it is so easy to prepare a letter of
information or explanation on class events or projects.  She says she
often ends up preparing schoolwide newsletters or other projects on the
Mac because it's so easy she doesn't mind volunteering.  She primarily
uses MacWrite.
     Marianne also states that when she does have a Mac available in
the classroom, she finds students are very interested in MacPaint and
practically teach themselves how to design interesting creations.
     Marianne has a 512 which she also uses for various personal
projects, including completion of her thesis for a master's degree in
Education Administration.  Marianne has been a member of SMUG since the
beginning, and values the opportunity to get together with other Mac
users and hear of the latest developments in the computer world.

Copyright © march, 1988 by Gladys Burritt