I decided to post the above quote because it so closely related to what I was saying in Journal Entry posting #5.
This quote really hit home with me. As a computer teacher I have my students on the computer and using technology everyday. I use sites like Edmodo and other free sites that provide media instruction and interaction for the students. I see that many other teachers do not do this. The other 2 teacher in my school that teach business, have a full class of computers and rarely use them. I also look at other high schools around me that are 2 to 1 for computer vs students and are hoping to be a 1 to 1 school by next year. These schools are preparing to have a laptop or ipad for every student in their school to be used in school and out of school on a daily basis. Then I look at my school and we are about a 1 to 20 school and not even close to that - and yet our county is not focusing on this. I am working to improve this and we now have a TIS that is very passionate about this and hoping to find grants to improve this issue. But ALL of our schools need to be moving toward the effort of making technology available to all of our students during all classes so that we may use these aids to improve the learning environment Again I am fortunate to be a computer teacher and have all of these advantages at the edge of my students fingertips.
I like what you said about seeing a class full of computers that are rarely used, because I have also noticed this at schools I have been at. Even though they have so much technology at their hands (laptops, IPads, IPods) they are not used to the extent they could be. If fact, I have talked to some teachers who see this technology as a burden. They are supposed to be integrating this technology into their classrooms, but they are reluctant to. I think it is really sad, and a disservice to the students.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you are going to focus on improving access for students in your school! Many people think that access to technology is still not an issue but the digital divide may be growing and low-income children will be the most adversely effected by this.
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