Tuesday, July 10, 2012
When Assessibility Is an Issue
We have gotten a lot of great information about incorporating technology in the classroom. While I see the potential benefits to using more technology, I also see numerous problems. Since I work in a FOCUS school, we have a very high level of poverty. Many of my students do not have access to technology outside of the school, and needless to say, even the access in school is very limited. This being said, I guess my query is where to go from here. I.m thinking grants but I'm not sure how to go about finding appropriate grant opportunities. Any suggestions?
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Hi Jennifer, One of the things we have been thinking about is trailing edge (rather than cutting edge) technologies... so like what are things you can do with phones, with powerpoint (way cool kinetic text stuff- can show you links), with flip video camera. I went to a conference session on hacking events with low tech... so people were thinking about how to use text messages or just a phone call, or whatever we have access to... and using those to try and press the issue of access (for one.)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you! So wondering how we can use what you have- connection wise- to connect out of the classroom... like could you connect to other writers somehow? I'm going to keep thinking with you here!
ReplyDeleteaccessibility is an issue and sometimes we have to be really adaptive with the different technology or digital programs we use if students don't have them. i have been wondering about this too, and perhaps going to the computer lab is the only option if you are using a very specific tool for writing. otherwise, you have to show the students options and trust them to explore them and learn through experience. the prob is those students that don't have much digital experience may not feel comfortable exploring and need more explicit instruction
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