I had the opportunity to go to a neighbouring High School last week and take a Learning Walk through many classrooms during morning classes. Over the course of the morning I was blown away by so many amazing things that I saw. I would like to share some of my observations that I made over the course of that morning.
Classrooms were filled with all sorts of technology and the students were making use of it in many various ways. Some of the things I saw were:
- personal laptops
- students on Smart Boards
- iTouches
- iPads
- Smart phones
So many educators are worried that if you give students unlimited wireless broadband and allow them to use their personal devices that there will be many problems. However, I witnessed the exact opposite. The was a culture of digital responsibility at this high school and every student I saw was using the technology to further their knowledge and to complete the given task.
This visit was quite exciting for me. I could actually see what perhaps our school will look like in as little as two years. We are already wireless, have iPads, a Net Book Cart and quite a few Smart Boards.
Will we get to the point where students bring their own devices to an elementary school? This is a question that I would like to explore further.
If anyone has any experiences with this I would be very interested to hear how it went.
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