Student Voices for Change
Miller, S. (2010). Student voices for change. learning and leading with technology,
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http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-june-july-2011.asp
The focus of this article is how students in a school in Iowa shared how technology has impacted, inspired and transformed their education. Students in grades 5-12 demonstrated their use of advanced technology programs such as virtue reality, Prezi presentations, tutorial videos and social networking to Iowa's House and Senate Education Appropriations Committee. As a result of their presentations and shared examples of advanced technology, Van Meter Community School now share their extraordinary technology programs virtually through social networks to other school districts around the world.
How realistic is this in the state of California given the budget, increased class sizes, and the over all negativity about public schools?
After reading this article, I felt that many schools, especially here in California, are far from accomplishing what the school in Iowa has done. Realistically, I don't see this happening any time in the near future. The author, Shannon Miller, is the district's librarian and technology specialist. In many school sites we have eliminated librarians with parent volunteers and many schools don't have qualified technology specialist. Notwithstanding, many schools have computer labs but no one qualified to teach our students.
What can my students and I do to voice our needs regarding technology?
Hopefully, I will take what I am learning in this class; ED42, to begin to introduce such things as a class blog to share creative works such as pictures, writings, stories or just share what we are learning in class. Find other teachers who have the same optimistic attitude about transforming education through the use of technology.
The focus of this article is how students in a school in Iowa shared how technology has impacted, inspired and transformed their education. Students in grades 5-12 demonstrated their use of advanced technology programs such as virtue reality, Prezi presentations, tutorial videos and social networking to Iowa's House and Senate Education Appropriations Committee. As a result of their presentations and shared examples of advanced technology, Van Meter Community School now share their extraordinary technology programs virtually through social networks to other school districts around the world.
How realistic is this in the state of California given the budget, increased class sizes, and the over all negativity about public schools?
After reading this article, I felt that many schools, especially here in California, are far from accomplishing what the school in Iowa has done. Realistically, I don't see this happening any time in the near future. The author, Shannon Miller, is the district's librarian and technology specialist. In many school sites we have eliminated librarians with parent volunteers and many schools don't have qualified technology specialist. Notwithstanding, many schools have computer labs but no one qualified to teach our students.
Hopefully, I will take what I am learning in this class; ED42, to begin to introduce such things as a class blog to share creative works such as pictures, writings, stories or just share what we are learning in class. Find other teachers who have the same optimistic attitude about transforming education through the use of technology.
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