Sunday, May 23, 2010
Learning to Change--Changing to Learn
Although I liked many of the ideas that came out of this video, my mind kept racing about the implications of full technology integration in a school setting. If we harness technology, make it apart of the curriculum and mandate it's usage are we potentially excluding the 'have not' population? For teachers who are not tech savvy; more importantly for students who are not equipped with internet, home computers and other gadgets. I do agree that technology should be integrated in the school system but it must be done thoughtfully. Of all the comments in the video the final comment spoke to me this most, pointing that "it's [technology] the death of education and the dawn of learning". I think the conversation/implementation of technology in schools is in it's infancy. We'll need the support of government or private industry to make it an actualized reality.
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That is a conversation that we are having at our school right now, about something so simple as our quarterly newsletter that goes out to all parents. It was recommended that we use a cost saving measure and post it to our website as well as use Infinite Campus to email it out to all parents. In our building, we have about 60% on free and reduced lunch, which correlates to a very high poverty population, most of which do not have a computer at home. Those that do, do not have internet. We also have many parents without email addresses as their job does not provide or require a need for it. Are we leaving them out? Is it truly a cost saving measure if we still have to print and ship to these parents? And, this is not even related to their academics, just the day to day workings of the school.
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