You are right David, the purchase of technology and how you use it in the classroom
should come under the initial stages of curriculum planning. If the technology
doesn't add to the learning then it is not essential. Smart boards are great, but
you can use large sheets of butcher's paper and different coloured fluro sticky
notes for small group work and have a session that is just as creative and
interactive - and the end result goes on the wall so the brainstorming doesn't
disappear or stop - it can be added to by the groups throughout the piece of
curriculum. This type of session also addresses other outcomes - working in a team,
working independently, info lit skills - collating, organising, categorising,
questioning, evaluating prior learning. Kids can put their initials on their pieces
of paper and see their contribution - so can you - opportunties for peer
assessment, self assesment, portfolio and team assessment.
Trouble with technology is that we think it is compensatory - it is not and never
will be. Technology is complementary - it is good curriculum design, careful
planning and delivery that will engage students and make a difference in the
classroom - whether you use the latest and the greatest or pencil and paper.
:)
BC
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Subject: [LM_NET] SMART BOARDS
There is no doubt that "Smart" boards are a rather mediocre presentation and
projection device. They can help hold some students attention as sitting a child
in front of a television or computer can do to keep them quiet. And students can
tap on it and do things with it like a video game - these also keep children
transfixed. The unfortunate medications administered by psychiatric establishment
to our very young can have similar result on how children react. My instincts tell
me that something may be amiss with these devices regularly used and overused.
Students get excited over the interactivity of tapping the board - but are they
really seeing more meaning in the subject itself? Are we not looking at this type
of instruction critically enough? Are these devices creating a less social
classroom environment? Are there other means to present to classes with higher
resolution and more vivid image when needed? I think this subject is very
interesting and is worthy of a deeper discussion. This will enable us to make
better purchasing decisions and be less influenced by potent marketing machines.
Also something more - are the terms "Visual Learners" and the like really useful?
Do they pigeon hole us into thinking in a fixed way about ourselves and others? Do
they place a limit on what the mind is
capable of?
David Di Gregorio
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