While the iPhone is certainly an indicator of change,
it's not actual, real change -- let's call it change
with a good marketing program :) Basically, the iPhone
wraps some new-ish technology into a pretty package.
WRT: "they can use their personal 3G vodem while at
campus and bypass our filtering...." -- I don't think
we should kid ourselves -- if filtering is in place,
it is currently being bypassed. If we're lucky, there
are some students who will tell us about it.
As the Australian story shows
(http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22304224-2,00.html)
even the grandest of filtering schemes have some,
well, weaknesses. I would argue that things have
changed, and will continue to change. Attempting to
teach to the change will create a situation where we
chase our tails -- if I'm watching a race between
curriculum development and technological change, I'll
bet on technological change 12 times out of ten.
Rather, we need to focus on what has worked in the
past. Critical thinking seasoned with some rhetorical
context, undercut by Barthelme's "The School" seems
like a good place to start :)
All kidding aside, the educational community needs to
get its focus off technology as an end and back onto
technology as one tool (among many) available to
support learning. A good first step would be to
eliminate the millions of
dollars/pounds/euros/yourcurrencyhere spent on
filtering, and re-allocate that money towards media
literacy programs and more equitable internet and
hardware access (and training on how to use it).
Cheers,
Bill
--- Don McNamee <donmcnamee1@mac.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Now that I see the iPhone will land in the UK (and
> I'm sure the rest
> of Europe in a few hours....)...
>
> The iphone can/will do email, web, phone, music,
> video (and who knows
> what else soon)
>
> What are everyones plans for consumer devices coming
> onto their
> campus in terms of connectivity with your
> infrastructure, systems,
> Acceptable Use Statements etc.
>
> i.e. I have 650 MS pupils in a laptop program who
> don't have Admin
> Rights on their laptops (see previous posts on this,
> not my
> idea! :-) )...but some of our pupils have to have 3G
> Vodems installed
> so they can have broadband at home - as they leave
> out of the
> city..or close to a beach...where they can't get
> broadband. What
> happens is...if the students choose...they can use
> their personal 3G
> vodem while at campus and bypass our filtering....
>
> Curious what people are thinking....how things are
> going to change
> sooner than we think....
>
> Regards,
>
> Don
>
>
>
>
>
> On 17-May-07, at 1:03 AM, Bill Knauer wrote:
>
> > Can you say, "microchip implants"...?
> >
> > A forum for independent school educators
> <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> > writes:
> >> At a conference yesterday Bill Gates said:
> >>
> >> "The phone is going to be the PC. The PC is going
> to be the phone."
> >>
> >> Apple's iPhone, due out in a little less than a
> month, has specs
> >> that in
> >> many areas greatly exceed those of computers from
> 10-15 years ago.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts on where this is heading? Five years
> from now will most
> >> one-to-one programs be using phone/computer
> devices instead of
> >> laptops or
> >> tablets?
> >>
> >> Curious what you all think.
> >>
> >> Fred
> >
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