About Laptops...

Email from Bonnie Bracey

Bringing laptops and wireless Internet access into classrooms was supposed
to enrich classroom discussions by, for example, allowing students to
import information from the Internet and share it with the rest of the
class. But instead some students are using their laptops to message
friends, shop online, peruse Web sites and pursue part-time jobs. The
result: There is a rising backlash against classroom computer use from
professors and schools. (Hmmm. Young people are not using technology in the
way authority figures intended them to... who coulda guessed?)
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Gary McWilliams
gary.mcwilliams@wsj.com]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB112924976699568321.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace
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From Benton Headlines


Could it be that the teachers don't know how to create learning that involves the use of laptops because of poor training? Just a thought. Was enough money used to create professional development opportunities ? Bonnie Bracey Sutton

For proper use and purposed use of laptops, see GLEF.org

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