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(013) article response pt.2 | Teachers' Views on Technology in the Classroom
November 30, 2010 / 02:17
Most of the ideas featured in the videos have already been brought up and discussed from other students in class. I also think half of the ideas aren't worth pursuing because we already have a netbook system similar to the iPad and iTouch systems that were shown in the videos. Though iPads cost more, it would be a better device to use than the iTouch as it does the same functions but provides a larger screen to work on. But overall I don't feel that having iPads would enrich learning because it is an efficient way of having information, you are still learning the same material you would learn from a textbook. iPads also provide software and web tools that the netbooks allow.
The American School of Bombay's laptop program showed an innovative way of learning. They used Skpe and Google Docs to share ideas with people from other countries. Students can do something similar to learn about different cultures. This idea would not be hard to accomplish since we already have our netbooks. The use of technology furthers an idea suggested earlier by Jenny in her Enriching Technology post. Her idea was to use the netbooks in classes to communicate over Skype with specialists in a certain field. By communicating with other people outside of our school, students get a more in depth look into a certain profession/topic, or they can relate their views and lives to students from other countries.
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