Technology at school
Technology plays a large roll in my daily activities at school. For some lessons I write my notes on my MacBook Pro, I do a lot of video recording and editing for school events. In fact I am going to be editing a whole load of footage over the next few weeks.
Why do I write a lot of my notes on my computer? To stay organized really. All my notes are arranged specifically to the subject and lesson that I am studying. Most importantly; I know where everything is. I am not very good at manually organizing things. I tend to loose pieces of paper and it can take a long time for me to find stuff. If I can’t find something on my Mac, then I simply use Spotlight and get to it in seconds.
The problem with schools and technology at the moment is simply that teachers don’t seem to trust them as a learning tool totally yet. In all the lessons that I do - only a handful am I allowed to take notes for on my computer.
Why are they like this? I think it is simply because of the situation that my school’s network used to be in. There was a point where files could go missing or magically become deleted. This caused a lot of mistrust about the school’s network that I believe is still present today.
Luckily, things are changing, slowly, for the better. Teachers are becoming more educated and IT is becoming a bigger part of learning at my school. Interactive white boards are in a lot of classrooms and projects are more commonly requested to be presented on a computer.
They are small steps, but it’s still progress non the least.
How is technology treated in your learning environment?
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I hate the way that, especially in the UK, schools tend to stick strictly with PC’s - completely ignoring the existence of Macs. Maybe it’s to do with the price, software compatibility, something like that.
My school has been using RM computers for a long time, all running Windows XP. There are a few Mac Minis, but only in the DT Graphics room - these are not connected to the schools RM CC3 network.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:06 pm