lunes, 16 de enero de 2017

Computer Science - Article from the Colegio Nuestra Señora del Carmen Yearbook 1983 called Gladius Page 47 - César A. Zevallos Heudebert



(English Translation of the Article of page 47 of Gladius School Yearbook 1983)

To keep up with the rest of the world the school acquired 25 microcomputers. Six years ago, having a computer was economically impossible for any institution in general; nowadays, thanks to space travel that has caused micro – miniaturization that lower it cost, has been made it available to many.

In 1983, almost six years after the advent of the microcomputers, it is anticipated that the human being who does not have at least an idea of ​​what a computer is; "Computer Literacy" knowing a computer language; will be in the future as an illiterate today.

Computers in general are the most successful machines ever done; because they are capable of transforming themselves into other machines according to what you program them for (PROGRAM: Program-set of instructions that the computer follows orderly to perform certain tasks foreseen by us). You can then have with her a tireless teacher, a playmate, an infallible mathematician, an ecological system, a data bank, a flight simulator, etc. The examples could continue only limited by the human intellect that programs them.

The mistake of many is to think that the computer eliminates or diminishes man's reasoning ability; really what it does is amplify it and open new horizons in these microworlds created in the screen of the television; their reasoning then becomes more logical and structured.

Another mistake is to think that computers exclude the human element, forgetting that those depend on men in order to function.

Within the field of computers there is a branch called CAI (Computer Assisted Instruction) that we will be used to raise the academic level of students at the school preparing them for the university.


Now that we have computers, we rely on the enthusiasm of the students to be able to take advantage of this technology to the maximum.



Page 47 Article in Spanish with pictures


Gladius Yearbook 1983 Cover Page.



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