McFarlane, Sarah H. (2008). The laptops are coming! the laptops are coming!. Rethinking School Online, 22 No 4, Retrieved
The idea of each student having access to their own laptop in the classroom seems to be a great idea for it allows students to be more active with technology, especially to those who have a difficult time finding access to something such as a computer, just as this article discusses. In this article, a teacher found out she her students will all get laptops individually in the classroom to expand not only their knowledge in technology, but to learn how to incorporate technology in to their everyday learning process including online activities. While this all seemed like a dream come true, there were some hardships along the way that other teachers may face as well by having computers in the classroom. Some issues that arose in the article were issues about how the teacher felt as if she were spending more time staring at the screen than really teaching the curriculum. Another thing as well would be that teachers may need some time to learn and become familiar with the technology before jumping right in and trying to teach the technology criteria to students.
Question:
1.) Will having computers in the classroom distract from a hands on teaching approach?
2.) Should there only be one or the other in the classroom?
Answer:
1.) It is important for classrooms to have some technology in the classrooms especially computers because of the world we live in today. There are ways to incorporate technology in to the curriculum and even resolutions to the amount of time spent on computers and the curriculum that needs to be taught without technology.
2.) While computers may be distracting to students at times, with the right amount of use in the computers, it doesn’t have to be a distraction but rather an improvement to one’s education.
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