so today i was waiting for class to start and there was a kid across from me reading a news paper. I decided to be a creep and read (or attempt to read) the opposite side of his paper that was facing me. I could only see the headline cause my eyes aren't great, but it said something about how librarians in schools were incorporating technology into their teaching. I thought that was really cool and i tried to read it but i just looked like a creep. I think that is a great thing that they are being able to use laptops and other technology in other subjects. Looking at this article made me think of a program my high school just started. Each year the freshman would receive new laptops but only some would really get to put them to use. A group of students would be part of a class that lasted four hours. Each hour a new teacher would come in and teach the basics, math, science, social studies and language arts. They wouldn't actually teach however. The students were given all the information they needed on their computer, the teacher would just be there to explain anything if they had questions. I don't think it was a good program at all for many reasons. First of all, teachers are there to teach, and by putting everything on the internet and then never actually teaching it in class is doing nothing. The students are expected to teach everything to themselves. I understand this could be good for older students, say seniors, to prepare them for college, but not students just entering high school. Im not sure if they still are using this system, but it would be interesting to go back and see if they do and see how its working.
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