Thursday, August 5, 2010

As I think about the prospect of using technology in my classroom, the first potential issue that comes to my mind is not that some students have limited access. I imagine that most students have computers at home and even if they don't I am sure that they have found ways to go online for recreational use so they can use those same resources to use a computer for educational use.
It is hard to picture what my classroom will look like, and if it will have computers. I am sure there will be some sort of computer lab in the school and I do not think it would kill a kid to use a study period to actually study on a computer if that is the only chance they have to get on a computer.
We are lucky in Portland to have such an awesome library system and an abundance of libraries. Students can use computers there for free, it will just require planning on their part. Most students probably have a friend or relative who would let them use a computer, that is what I had to do when I did not have the internet at home. If it came down to it I would be willing to stay after class or come in early once in a while if that was the only way for a student to get computer time. As the first acticle said, we do need to make sure that students lean enough technology to make it in the world.
The issue that coms to my mind is what will this technology training be replacing? If we are adding technology instruction to the curriculum then we will have to take other things out. We have to anticipate that students will be at all different levels of knowledge so if we integrate technology that we will have to teach it as well.

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  1. We do need to think about what part of the curriculum we need to shorten to add the tech stuff, there is so much to do!

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