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Brooke Hieter

Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Brooke Hieter on 09 Apr 13
     
    In Chandler, Arizona the school district spent 33$ million to expand technological resources in the classroom. Unfortunately, test scores are not rising even with all of this new technological equipment. Technology and an overemphasis on digital skills is replacing the use of math, reading, and writing fundamentals. Search criteria: technology in the classroom site:nytimes.com
Kathryn Shaw

5 Common Uses Of Technology In The Classroom & How We Screw Them Up - 1 views

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  • The problem is access is so often tethered by district filters or well-intentioned restrictive planning by the teachers that a set of encyclopedias might’ve functioned just as well.
  • but becoming better at the reading test itself, or more concerted effort to “score higher.”
  • standardized tests carry huge clout in most public school districts, and success (and failure) here can mean everything
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  •  Teachers often lack the time or the resources to fully integrate iPads and laptops meaningfully, with one doing the work of the other, and little gains made over what was possible with desktops ten years ago.
  • Kathryn Shaw on 09 Apr 13
     
    What types of technology is used in classrooms and how are teachers using it wrong. Also includes ways to maximize technology in the classrooms. Searched: Popular uses of technology in classrooms
  • Kathryn Shaw on 09 Apr 13
     
    What types of technology is used in classrooms and how are teachers using it wrong. Also includes ways to maximize technology in the classrooms. Searched: Popular uses of technology in classrooms
Katheryn Duarte

At Waldorf School in Silicon Valley, Technology Can Wait - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Is learning through cake fractions and knitting any better? The Waldorf advocates make it tough to compare, partly because as private schools they administer no standardized tests in elementary grades. And they would be the first to admit that their early-grade students may not score well on such tests because, they say, they don’t drill them on a standardized math and reading curriculum.
  • “Engagement is about human contact, the contact with the teacher, the contact with their peers,
  • hat’s the rush, given how easy it is to pick up those skills?
  • Katheryn Duarte on 09 Apr 13
     
    This article is a view of a private school that does not use technology until 8th grade. Usually, business/technology leaders send their kids here to give them a rounded education, and think students can pick up technology easier later in life. Most parents report that technology can be picked up later in life, and shouldn't have a place in the elementary classroom. Search Criteria: No technology in school
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