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- Group members will continue to check through resources on the web
- People can comment about what they're reading/doing on our blog
- Next meeting: November 8th
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Our First 1:1 Meeting
Last week we had a fabulous kick-off meeting for our 1:1 study group! After talking about the purpose of the study group and some logistics, we had a great discussion about the two articles we read and 1:1 in general. The energy was great and people touched on many of the key issues for 1:1 laptop programs -- planning, professional development, tech. support, classroom management as well as specific examples of how laptops can be used in various classes. All of these topics will be things we discuss and/or blog about as we go forward.
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Today's students are innately multi-taskers ("Millenials" - born between 1982 and 2000) and teachers are unitaskers. Should we hold students back and make them learn as we did?
No, I don't think that we should hold children back. I think that we should make the effort to find a common middle that is effective in class. I think that's important that students learn how to focus when it's necessary ( become unifocused) on some tasks; but as a whole, we need to think outside the box re: technology and find ways to intergrate;that means, we have to move to becoming more multi-tasked driven.
One of the things that I realized as I read the article was that the concept of ubiquitous computing is real. It seems more than ever that students are never more than a "few feet away" from their computer. Student use of computers is prevelent in the way the communicate, and access eachother and information. The idea of 1:1 seems a natural course. Given this kind of access would encourage teachers to do more with computers in the classroom. As indicated in the article, it means "no more waiting in line, no lab scheduling bottlenecks and no moving to other rooms to do the work." This often discourages use of computers to do work in the classroom. I believe that the 1:1 access will encourage a larger variety of use in many classrooms. It does beg the question of additional training for staff and the need to have access to many different types of programs. The use of laptops by students in the classroom seems to be a natural extension of what the students are already experiencing. If the goal is to prepare students for the "real world" this would certainly give them a head start.
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