Essential Question: How can you provide equal access to the digital world to all learners? Are mobile devices a way to accomplish this? Should schools try to acquire more of these vs. computers? Would an iPad work in your classroom?
School is a place where students can have equal access to technology and its tools . There are still lot of students in our district who don't have internet and access to technology because of poverty and other factors. But, if they are in school we can make sure we can provide all the necessary tools which technology could offer .
First of all we need to make sure the students are in school consistently. We should improve our attendance policy so that there is not frequent absences seen in classes. When this is carried out, teachers can set aside more time for computer labs by using labs in their own departments or by taking the students to the school library.
Teachers can also come up with lot of new ideas and projects where they can increase student's time using technology. When the school district makes the effort and get lot of funding, we can buy ipads and use it in our classrooms. By doing so , even if the computer lab is not available students can access technology directly in their classrooms.
Parents can be encouraged to take their kids to the local libraries where they can make use of computers and internet.
I am not 100% convinced that mobile devices would solve the problem of providing equal access of technology to all students. We cannot force students to buy an ipad or a smart phone. But, we can make sure that the students are in school consistently so that they can access the tech tools provided. Though mobile devices are easy to carry and use, we cannot rely on them completely because not all students can afford them.
I would definitely say yes that schools have to acquire more mobile devices like ipads . Ipads are great in holding charge and will last longer. It can be easily used by all students starting from kindergarten level. Although we cannot make sure that every student has an ipad , we should at least provide one ipad per group of 3 students. This will be very useful for classroom interactions, note taking etc.
I can definitely picture that ipads would definitely work in my classroom. It is a great device for writing texts, taking pictures during lab and recording it for future review.
The only draw back I could think of ipad is that it is expensive and has to handled with lot of care.
School is a place where students can have equal access to technology and its tools . There are still lot of students in our district who don't have internet and access to technology because of poverty and other factors. But, if they are in school we can make sure we can provide all the necessary tools which technology could offer .
First of all we need to make sure the students are in school consistently. We should improve our attendance policy so that there is not frequent absences seen in classes. When this is carried out, teachers can set aside more time for computer labs by using labs in their own departments or by taking the students to the school library.
Teachers can also come up with lot of new ideas and projects where they can increase student's time using technology. When the school district makes the effort and get lot of funding, we can buy ipads and use it in our classrooms. By doing so , even if the computer lab is not available students can access technology directly in their classrooms.
Parents can be encouraged to take their kids to the local libraries where they can make use of computers and internet.
I am not 100% convinced that mobile devices would solve the problem of providing equal access of technology to all students. We cannot force students to buy an ipad or a smart phone. But, we can make sure that the students are in school consistently so that they can access the tech tools provided. Though mobile devices are easy to carry and use, we cannot rely on them completely because not all students can afford them.
I would definitely say yes that schools have to acquire more mobile devices like ipads . Ipads are great in holding charge and will last longer. It can be easily used by all students starting from kindergarten level. Although we cannot make sure that every student has an ipad , we should at least provide one ipad per group of 3 students. This will be very useful for classroom interactions, note taking etc.
I can definitely picture that ipads would definitely work in my classroom. It is a great device for writing texts, taking pictures during lab and recording it for future review.
The only draw back I could think of ipad is that it is expensive and has to handled with lot of care.
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