Sunday, November 22, 2009
Computers in the Classroom
When I become a teacher, I can only hope that I will be able to have access to some great technology. I hope that I will be given computers to use in my classroom. My ideal classroom would have access to enough computers so that as a class I would be able to have two students at each computer. As a math teacher I want to incorporate having my students work together, and I think two is a perfect number for each computer. The students would both be able to use the computer to complete projects and work together to do so. I would also allow students to work on Math games that I find online for practice. I would only assign the computers to the students after I have explained everything and/or they are finished with their work, so that they are not distracted. A problem I might encounter is with having so many computers running at one time it could slow the internet down. This may be a hard issue to address, but one way is that if it was running slow I could combine groups, cutting down on the amount of computers that were trying to be connected to the internet. Another issue would be that there would be a lot of cords with so many computers being used. The way in which I would address this issue is make sure the computers are charged each day, therefore, we would not need the cords to plug in the computers.
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I taught in the K-12 system for several years and had an opportunity to experience just about every layout imagineable. The layout that worked best for my teaching style was an instructor computer (attached to a projector) and 4-6 computers for class use. A computer lab was available with enough computers for every student. To be honest, I’ve never seen a portable laptop cart successfully work – including here at UIS. Laptops are certainly portable and easy to deliver. But with such a short battery life, the hassle of plugging them all in was not worth the convenience of having them delivered to the room. If only someone would invent a laptop that was charged from the lights in the room!
ReplyDeleteI would also add a SmartBoard, document camera, and digital camera to my ideal layout. UIS is the only place I’ve ever worked where I had the luxury of all these technologies – and now I’m spoiled!
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