student computers at dudley
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Student computers at Dudley. The case against. Personal “Learning” Devices. I tried to think what I have “learned” as a result of using computers. The only thing I can think of is that I have learned how to better use computers. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Student c
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The case a
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Personal “Learning” Devices
• I tried to think what I have “learned” as a result of using computers.
• The only thing I can think of is that I have learned how to better use computers.
• Tried to think of an example of where computers are used outside of school as a “learning” tool.
• I can’t think of any – just because a tool is placed in a classroom it doesn’t make it a “learning” tool.
• It is my contention that computers are not in fact an advantage to learning.
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Am I anti – computer?• Not at all
• It is essential that our students have access to computers.
• BUT we need to manage that access.
• Open slather will not benefit students, or our school, or the future world we will live in.
• We need to decide whether incorporating more technology will hinder or help our endeavours.
• Schools are likely to become even more important in teaching the skills we consider most valuable.
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Education is about developing the whole person
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The skills we value most …• Independence• organisation • resilience • resourcefulness • literacy • numeracy • confidence • self esteem • motivation
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What role should IT play in education?
• IT is a tool that we should embrace and utilise to our advantage.
• We should use IT to enhance our teaching.
BUT
• We must manage the tool.
• Ensure IT does not manage us.
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We need to learn to live with and without technology
• Learning to use technology is easy and getting easier. It doesn’t have to be practiced.
• All knowledge is externalised and we can get any information at the touch of a button.
• Accessing that information does not require any formal education.
• We should use technology in schools but the use must be incidental and not the focus.
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• Computers are ideal tools for seeking information.
• Seeking information may occupy student’s time – it doesn’t mean they are learning or thinking very deeply.
• Computers are useful but not ideal tools for education.
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The skills we value most …• Independence• organisation • resilience • resourcefulness • literacy • numeracy • confidence • self esteem • motivation
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History• With radio, film, television and the early large
“main frame” computers promoters claimed that each new technology would revolutionize schools.
• Each new technology received some use – but within the context of existing practices.
• The expectation that we should give kids computers and expect magic things to happen is not realistic.
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Some myths
• “Information Technology is very important because we are preparing kids for a future we cannot clearly describe”
• “21st century learning requires 21st century technology”
• “Technology = Motivation”
• “Computers will improve academic performance”
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“Information Technology is very important because we are preparing kids for a future we cannot clearly describe”
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Maybe?
• This makes it more important than ever that we focus on and entrench those universal skills and attributes that we have already identified:
• Independence / organisation / resilience / resourcefulness / literacy / numeracy / confidence / self esteem / motivation
• NO IT REQUIRED
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“21st century learning requires 21st century technology”
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No!!!!!• The teacher is still the most important factor
in quality education.
• The skills we value most …
Independence / organisation / resilience / resourcefulness / literacy / numeracy / confidence / self esteem / motivation
… do not require a focus on IT
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“Technology = Motivation”
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No!!!!• IT will help motivate occasionally
• IT will not in itself provide motivation
• IT will not sustain motivation
• IT is a huge part many student’s lives and as such becomes mundane and everyday
• IT is used mainly for entertainment and social networking – it is becoming increasingly unsuitable for educative purposes
• Caring supervision from human teachers, parents and mentors is the only known way of generating motivation for the hours of a school day for 12 years.
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• Computers can engage students but the engagement swings between uselessly fleeting and addictively distracting at worst.
• Classroom – educative vs distracting
• Staff meetings – professional vs distracting
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“Computers will improve academic performance”
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No!!!!• No clear evidence exists.
• PISA (program for International Student Assessment)
• In 2005 174 000 students from 31 countries were tested in literacy, maths and science.
• 2 studies (OECD and Univ. of Munich) concluded zero or slightly worse performance with greater computer access.
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The teenager is the natural enemy of the portable computer
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We are considering a model where every child has their computer with them all of the time – on a campus where we consider phones too much of a distraction.
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Outside the classroom computers are seldom used for learning
• A technology that is primarily used for entertainment or information gathering is not necessarily a learning tool because it is used in a classroom.
• There is a limit to what teachers can achieve with IT when students spend so many hours each day to socially network, share images, watch videos, play games, listen to music.
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Every human culture becomes tool using
• IT is a tool – nothing more
• The use of new tools has not necessarily changed a culture’s beliefs or ideology.
• With IT the tool is beginning to alter the culture instead of just being used by it.
• The tool is attacking the culture.
• The tool is bidding to become the culture.
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We have a responsibility to future generations. We need to embrace but control the IT revolution and not allow it to control us.
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Red Herrings
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Radiation from Wi Fi
USA - American Academy of Paediatricians have called for review of Wi Fi in schools
France - legislation to discourage Wi Fi in schools
Israel - schools instructed to use wired computers in preference to Wi Fi
Australia - Long term Principal of Sydney Girls School resigned over health concerns
she attributes to Wi Fi radiation
- CSIRO scientist won compensation for illness caused by Wi Fi at work
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• Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency insisted Wi Fi is safe in schools.
• Do a google search on the effects of Wi Fi radiation. Make your own mind up.