Another topic that I found interesting was that many teachers try to keep technology out of their classroom because they believe lack of access is a issue that can not be resolved. Because they throw this up as a barrier they are not teaching to their fullest potential. Also, "as of recently there has been a constant squeeze between need for expanded technological capabilities and declining educational budgets have forced schools to curtail their technology goals."(Transforming Learning with New Technologies,31)
Also in this chapter it discusses how technology is not distributed evenly throughout students and can be a very big problem. It is called a digital divide and can be easily remedied. You have to give the students as much time at school to do the project. But nowadays many schools have computers that students are allowed to have access to so these divides can be shut.
Resources
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc
Love your comic! Assuming you created that yourself with BitStrips(?), then I would give credit to yourself under Resources! :) Can you imagine the fun and the learning that students would have in being able to demonstrate their learning by creating their own comic? There are many ways that various forms of digital storytelling can be used to assess students.
ReplyDeleteAlthough allowing students to have time to use school computers, that may not resolve the fallout of the digital divide. Students who have their own devices and their own internet access are able to use (for better or for worse) them in many different ways and for much longer than those who are restricted to school use. I fear it will continue to be an issue of inequity, but I do believe that as much as possible use at school is very helpful in trying to bridge the divide.