One to one computing is a teaching style to be considered now. Some people feel that it is the best way to teach, others feel that it actually hinders learning. Some educators feel that using state of the art technology increases achievement. Others believe that students with computers get easily distracted and learning time is diminished with a concentration on the technology; other curriculum gets overlooked.
There are pros and cons of using and not using computers constantly. In my summer school class(es) of eighth graders, they often want to use the computers. (There are only two working computers.) In fact today, a few students told me that the Internet is better than books because it's easier to read information. I explained that they still need to know how to read a book. They disagreed. In part, they didn't want to do their work and were stalling, I believe. There were other students who didn't want to use the computers at all; they really must not have wanted to work. I'd never seen anyone refuse an opportunity to work on a computer before. That made me wonder if each student had an individual computer, would they use them (for work)?
3 comments:
Hi Stacy,
I loved the pro and con articles you chose for the 1:1 computing. The con article had a very valid point about teachers getting their computer along with the student without any staff development. I agree that without staff development this could be a problem. To better educate our students we must first learn how to use the computer. One of our special education classes has laptops and the teacher is a novice. She is hardworking and getting better. I can't help but wonder how awesome she would be if she got the professional development to bring it to the next level.
Both articles had great links to learn more about the topic of 1:1 computing. Thanks for sharing
Robin
Hi Stacy,
I will tell you that after my research for our project in IST 668, I found students that don't want to use computers to conduct research is not far-fetched, it is Information Aliteracy. Students may not be motivated or have the desire to use computers due to lack of tech knowledge or just plain old uninterested in their topics. It is a fascinating theory and one we, as librarians, need to be aware of. While the prospect of using computers and 1 to 1 is a wonderful thing some students don't have the drive.
I'm glad that you liked the articles, girls.
So basically, Margie, now students ignore computers AND books when they don't want to do their work...scary. If only they realized what a great opportunity they have waiting for them.
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