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re•fuse•nik (n) somebody who refuses to agree to, take part in, or cooperate with something, especially on grounds of principle (informal)
Student must learn to use technology to do things other than surf the web and update their MySpace accounts (See my previous piece: Eating the Napkins). Research, collaboration, problem solving, and content creation are all things that need to be taught in school,
After a certain amount of time, if students are not receiving the proper technology integration in their classes, parents just have to say “You are not a digital immigrant. You are a digital Refuseniks, and we won’t tolerate that silliness any longer. My kid needs technology instruction just as much as she needs math and reading. There are no excuses for not having it. What is this school doing to help my child use technology?”
Literacy Uses: Student uses are described as technology stories
Adaptive Uses: Learning is telling the same stories with new tools
Transforming Uses: Learning is creating new stories with new tools
Literacy Uses: Student uses are described as technology stories
Adaptive Uses: Learning is telling the same stories with new tools
Transforming Uses: Learning is creating new stories with new tools
Schools will be able to increase their visible impact with technology by intentionally focusing their equipment and staff development resources on the combination of literacy, integrating and evolving uses that works best for their students. View a sample mapping of learning uses in schools comparing their actual (present) and preferred (vision) uses across the three categories identified in theTechnology and Learning Spectrum chart.