Internet In Schools Not Enough
from the schools-will-get-left-behind dept
Schools need to be ready for the information age according to a new study. Schools that aren't will be left behind just as badly as schools that have out of date textbooks. Worse still, none of the technology will matter if teachers aren't trained properly how to use technology in the classroom.
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stupid conclusions...
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Re: stupid conclusions...
Computers need have little role in teaching; Computers and by extension the internet belong in schools so that every child has access & exposure to one, like every child should have access to school lunch regardless of whether her parents can afford it.
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Rubbish
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Re: stupid conclusions...
I can just imagine someone tossing kids at a huge pile of paper.
Mike also makes a good point that teachers need to be familiar with the technology too. I've read a couple articles about how there are quite a few teachers who are simply giving up on computers because they break and the teachers are responsible for fixing them, or there is only one part time tech person for a whole school. Many education students I know know enough about a computer to turn it on, type a paper, surf the net, then turn it off properly. Get them to try and fix it after a kid has been playing around on it? Good luck. I don't have a solution, unfortunately, but I do know that something should be done so that schools are paying for a $1500 paperweight on the teacher's desk.
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