The tool isn’t the problem. WE are the problem. If we don’t know how to provide options for students and then get out of the way, we aren’t transforming their learning. In my opinion, children need to have access to MULTIPLE devices so that they can make decisions about what best suits them for a specific learning activity.
Good read. Having tool options forces people to think about which option is best (since they are not always equal, depending on situation). Interesting though how many people just want to be told which tool to use, avoiding the messiness of having to find the best tool (which will always be a moving target). What happens when the "teller" or "tool decider" is no longer around? Hmm.
We should judge teaching not by the amount of knowledge it passes on, but by the enduring excitement it generates. Knowledge, when it comes, is a later arrival, flaring up, when the time is right, from the sparks good teachers have implanted in their students’ souls.
Beyond that—at least it is often said—we need critical thinking and creativity: the ability to detect tacit but questionable assumption and to develop new ways of understanding issues—in short, to think beyond what “everyone knows.”
I like this alternative policy idea. It is succinct, simple, and dare I say maybe even...inspiring. It lacks details for accountability, and specific lingo for transfer of responsibility, but let's be honest, how often to we actually read acceptable use policies? If there was a problem, it's covered in the "respectful and kind" language. Doing something like this is sure to catch student attention set a positive tone for the use of tech.
Brought to you by.... social media. Pretty funny though. Was worried I wasn't going to be able to drink Coke while wearing it. Apparently, that's not a problem.