Sunday, August 9, 2009
Students Love Technology
After reading both of these articles, I'm not sure my position on technology in the classroom changed much. I've always felt that technology is an important aspect of any classroom and a great tool to capture the attention and therefore the minds of our students. As Christine Greenhow points out, "using computers was the one activity that all ethnicities...liked best in school" (Greenhow, 2008, p. 17). The fondness by students towards lessons rich in technology has been proven and must be used to help students enrich their educational careers. Any technology found in my future classroom I plan on utilizing for instructional purposes, as this has been shown to be most effective way of reaching students. I understand that economic conditions keep many people from owning computers and I intend to create assignments that are not dependent on outside technology (such as computers). If they are dependent on technology then I will make time in class to complete such assignments. None of my students will be punished for not owning a computer. I would like to assess all of my students during the first couple of days to get an idea how accessible computers are outside of school and use this information to help build assignments that wont put any of my students at a disadvantage.
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I agree that assessing the students' technological ability within the first few days is a smart idea. If we can suss-out how many have outside access, and how strong they are with computers, it will help us to know where we stand and how we need to improve/help. Well said!
ReplyDeleteI connected with that same quote that students of all ethnicities liked working with computer's best. I agree that putting students in a position to fail by requiring assignments that they may not be able to complete is harsh and completely unfair. Hopefully we will be lucky enough to eventually have classes with constant access to this valuable technology!
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