Education Technology: A Student’s Perspective
I am Sierra, a 7th grader and Rob Reed’s daughter. I went with him to California to the HP Innovations in Education conference, co-sponsored by ISTE.
So far, my classroom has been using shared computers for the whole school(Macbooks) and each student has an assigned computer. We do not do much on the computers but type and only a little researching, because my teachers believe books should be the first place students should look for information. I have to say I don’t agree with them. I wish we would use more technology in the classroom because it will be a big thing in our future, besides the fact that it is simple and fun to use.
The exciting prospect in the future is that it seems more and more that education will include more technology over time. As such; using computer games for testing, but over a long period of time, more updated research on the computer rather than old information from textbooks; which, is even more the case for poor schools. Tablets for translating handwriting and foreign languages into text during class in K-12 education.
Coming to the conference gave me insights on how HP works and how education could be better if people work at it. I am very appreciative that I could come.
Similar Posts:
- None Found
4 Comments
Krista Scott
Thursday, 4th March 2010 at 10:32 am
Sierra,
Thank you so much for sharing! I wish educational leaders and teachers would take more time to listen to what students would like to see in the classroom. I hope that eventually your teachers will see the benefit of using the computers as more than typewriters! Until then, keep spreading your message so it will be heard:)
Thanks again!
Krista
Tina
Tuesday, 9th March 2010 at 11:19 am
Hello Sierra,
Wow! The voice of the learner. I think it’s great that you shared your opninions on technology in the classroom. I am a 5th grade teacher for Montgomery County Public School in Maryland and fortunately we have been blessed to have recieved promethean boards, ELMO’s and laptops in each classroom. What better way to engage our students than to allow them to use and explore these technologies? I commend you for voicing your thoughts and hope that you bring more student opinion to the table as you are the ones being affected.
Sincerely,
Tina
Beth Poss
Monday, 15th March 2010 at 9:51 am
Sierra,
Maybe you can show your teachers to the following YouTube video about books and computers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhpmEZWuRQ
Russel
Friday, 26th March 2010 at 12:47 pm
Anyone who liked the post will probably also be interested in an upcoming webinar coming up focusing on emerging technologies in education – https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/740238105.. It will cover a range of technologies that are promising to take education to a new level
Leave a Comment