Jul 16, · Danny and Joe, and new friend Irene, are in charge of Professor Bullfinch's newly-invented Miniac computer, which (miraculously) is capable of producing junior-high homework-quality printouts from voice commands. At over 60 years old, this story has run out of steam/5 Danny dunn and the homework machine reading level March 19, / Rating: / Views: Gallery of Images "Danny dunn and the homework machine reading level" ( pics) Guided Reading Level: O: Grade Level: • Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine: Author: Williams/Abrashkin Publisher: Scholastic Amazon: More Info | Buy Now - If available: Guided Reading Level: O • Detective Pony: Author: Betancourt, Jeanne
Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams
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Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams. Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine Danny Dunn 3 by Jay Williams. Raymond Abrashkin. No more homework! Professor Bullfinch goes off to attend a scientific conference and leaves Danny in charge of his new miniature automatic computer called Miniac.
Danny calls it a midget giant brain and suddenly comes up with an idea. Could he program Minny to help him do his homework faster? Soon, Irene and Joe are in on the secret and the three friends are busy feeding in No more homework!
Soon, Irene and Joe are in on the secret and the three friends are busy feeding information from their school books into Minnythe mechanical brain. All goes well until their old enemy, Snitcher, starts spying on them--and decides to try his hand at sabotage! Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. Published June by School Specialty Children's Publishing first published More Details Original Title.
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Jul 16, danny dunn and the homework machine reading level, Shawn rated it really liked it Shelves: r-juv-dno. I read this as a young boy and just recently had to re-read it as part of my job we're prepping them for e-book releases. In this installment, children reading this book will learn abo I read this as a young boy and just recently had to re-read it as part of my job danny dunn and the homework machine reading level prepping them for e-book releases.
In this installment, children reading this book will learn about computers circa - how they work, what programming them means, what they can do, what they CAN'T do and what they are not self-aware. The Danny Dunn books, to my recollection, usually had one slightly fanciful element included while attempting to generally teach kids about some aspect of science and this was no exception.
It's a tight little story where Danny and, more reluctantly Joe and Irene use Professor Bullfinch's new MINIAC computer to do their homework for them while the Doctor is away. Hijinks ensue due to the sabotage of "Snitcher" Harris, perpetual foil for Danny. In the end, the kids learn that by having to do the work of programming the information they needed for their homework into the computer, danny dunn and the homework machine reading level they were really saving themselves was some time, as they were still learning what they needed to know Irene does a bang-up job recovering from her garbled, MINIAC sabotaged report on Peru by basically remembering every page she entered on the spot!
Good for her! There are some surprisingly nice grace notes here for a book aimed at 8 to year-olds: short conversations about danny dunn and the homework machine reading level sizes and effective teaching, if children should be allowed to use modern danny dunn and the homework machine reading level to help them in class "you wouldn't expect us to write with quills and ink?
Eddie "Snitcher" Phillips, interestingly, while the obligatory "mean kid," is not dumb and figures out how to sabotage the computer pretty effectively unlike his cohort Fatso.
Irene stands up for women scientists, the choice to have Joe be a somewhat morose young poet is an interesting one he might not have made it out of the s counter culture as a young adult! and the very subtle and underplayed attractions and jealousy between the various young characters is nicely done. Two things struck me - one is the odd irony of people reading this on a kindle, the other that someone needs to create a character for children nowadays to make them interested in the practical and visionary aspects of science, ala COSMOS.
flag 8 likes · Like · see review. View 2 comments, danny dunn and the homework machine reading level. Feb 22, Kevin rated it really liked it Recommended to Kevin by: teacher. Shelves: computeryascience-fictiontechre-read. This book came out in but I still fondly remember my introduction to computers through it's pages when I was in first grade back in and I dreamed of actually owning my own computer.
It wasn't to happen for 17 more years before I was the proud owner of an Atari But I think the day that I brought that home I was still thinking about the fun Danny, Joe and Irene had with Miniac. flag 6 likes · Like · see review. Nov 05, PurplyCookie rated it really liked it · review of another edition Shelves: childrens-books. Ah, the Homework Machine. A machine that works out arithmetic problems and grammar questions perfectly, and even does social studies homework.
Who wouldn't want one? Danny and Joe meet Irene and the three of them immediately are up to scientific mischief, using Professor Bullfinch's new computer to do their homework for them. Remember that this book was written in when computers were real computers, taking up an entire large room, with tape drives, blinking lights and lots of buttons. The id Ah, the Homework Machine. The idea of a computer so small according to the book's illustration, about the size of a refrigerator was science fiction at the time.
I'm not sure how a kid today is going to react to the marvel of the computer in Danny Dunn's basement when they have one on their desk. But the book holds up remarkably well. There is a nice reversal of the traditional sex roles of the time with Danny's best friend Joe writing poetry while his other best friend Irene is interested in science.
The point made by author Jay Williams that computer don't "think" but merely process information we feed into them is just as true for today's PCs as it was for the IBM giants of yesteryear, danny dunn and the homework machine reading level. It is a bit corny, but the message it relays about experiential and constructive learning is consistent with educational theory of the 90's.
Knowledge is often best attained when the student at whatever age helps to construct it themselves rather than having it handed to them to memorize. But then kids don't have to know this to enjoy the book. Book Details: Title Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine Author Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin Reviewed By Purplycookie flag 5 likes · Like · see review.
View all 3 comments. Dec 18, Jodi rated it really liked it. I loved Danny Dunn books when I was young. I just read this one to my three youngest and it was a hit! They kept begging for one more chapter every time I read. I'm not sure how much of the science they got, but they sure loved it when Irene pushed Snitcher in the mud puddle! flag 3 likes · Like · see review.
Apr 16, Helen rated it really liked it · review of another edition Recommends it for: all kids and interested adults! Shelves: sci-ficlassickids-teens. This is a "golden-oldie" SBS book! It was published in ! So fascinating to see how people related to the very first computers, danny dunn and the homework machine reading level, which took up a whole room! The in-home kind was probably a fantasy at that time!
Feb 12, Eugene Miya rated it really liked it. Before "personal computers", computer graphics, and the net, I read this book, and had this book read to me by my 6th Grade teacher Mr. And one of the things I recall was that Danny had to do just about as much work to get the homework machine to do his homework, that he might as well have done his homework.
That gave me a nice edge later in junior high school, high school, college, graduate school, and "the real world". Later, I would hear about hobbyists, and even 8th graders using comp Before "personal computers", computer graphics, and the net, I read this book, and had this book read to me by my 6th Grade teacher Mr. Later, I would hear about hobbyists, and even 8th graders using computers at work places in the evenings.
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Danny dunn and the homework machine reading level March 19, / Rating: / Views: Gallery of Images "Danny dunn and the homework machine reading level" ( pics) Jul 16, · Danny and Joe, and new friend Irene, are in charge of Professor Bullfinch's newly-invented Miniac computer, which (miraculously) is capable of producing junior-high homework-quality printouts from voice commands. At over 60 years old, this story has run out of steam/5 Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine. Williams, Jay. AR Quiz No. EN. Written in with Raymond Abrashkin, this book paints a picture of the early days of computers as three friends use a primitive computer to do their homework. All goes well until the teacher discovers their new invention. AR Quiz Availability: Reading blogger.comn/Nonfiction: Fiction
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