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If you are preparing to be a teacher ready for the future, you need to read this article,
The article reports on a survey of a large number of school administrations (e.g., principals and superintendents) of whom more than a majority, 63%, asserted that 1:1 computing classrooms with teachers as coaches is the wave of the future. How prepared are teachers for this possible eventuality? What should schools of education be doing to ready teachers for effective technology integration? What should school systems do to prepare teachers through professional development activities? Read the article, and weigh in on the situation. Post a comment. Do you think it is an overstatement to say one-on-one computing, meaning every student to have a device (e.g. tablet, laptop), is an eventuality? If not, then why not? Do you think school systems can afford to go 1:1? Do you think they should?
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I am not entirely opposed to this as of yet but I believe we have a long way to go to get there. Certainly budget constraints are a number one concern. Not only for the cost initially but the upkeep of the ever changing technology. There also needs to be much professional development for the teachers. So many of us educators are behind in the times and struggle with the time outside of PD opportunity to really explore all it has to offer. True that using technology does offer the ability to offer opportunity in 21st century skills but will having a computer infront of them all the time prevent them from the experience of collaborating in person with each other? In addition, with the high priority on testing in this country, they will need to figure out how to incorporate that into the mix so that our scores don't fall too far behind. Alternative testing measures need to be created. It can happen, but we need all the pieces put together first and a path to guide us to get there if it is going to be successful.
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