Subj: [talk-kitchen] Re: [ncte-talk] Honors Students
Date: 4/5/00 2:04:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: patter@voyager.net (Nancy Patterson)
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Sharon,
Our office compiles a list of students who have permission, and they are not
allowed to even log on to the internet without that permission. Also, in
case the log in filter fails, or the kid logs in on someone elses's
password, there is a list posted in the lab (and you could get one for your
room) that names those students not allowed on the internet. Why couldn't
you make such a list and have it posted in your room?
Or is the problem something other than not being able to keep track of who
has permission and who doesn't.
Regarding access--yes that is a huge problem. And it's a problem we need to
be noisy about. The funding push at the moment is for integrating
technology into the regular curriculum rather than offering separate
classes. Our district applied for a Technology Literacy Challenge Grant,
and that's something you might want to look into through your state
department of education--providing our legislators don't shoot the grant in
the foot.
But there are some other things to think about besides technology. Like
Ted, I'm a believer in the promise of technology to help teachers make this
bridge that connects all students to meaningful learning environments. But
let's look at what it is that technology can do, and then see how we can
approximate that without the technology. Technology makes it easier to
publish students work. But you can publish student work without having
things go up on the web. Technology encourages a sense of play--a VERY
important element of learning. What can you do to make play a meaningful
part of your classroom? Are there ways (or do you do this already?) to
bring the power of magic markers and drawing into your classroom. Fran
Claggett has some wonderful ideas for integrating this aspect of literacy
into other literate tasks. And bringing more graphics kinds of literacy
into the classroom helps build bridges for all students--those who have more
schoolish forms of literacy and those who have other, less valued, forms of
literacy.
Nancy
Nancy G. Patterson
Portland Middle School, English Dept. Chair
Portland, Michigan
"To educate as the practice of freedom is a way of teaching that anyone can
learn.
--bell hooks
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