them to use these items if we want them to be used for educational purpose=
s. Don't we then have a responsibility to talk about morals and ethics with=
these things as we do with the internet? I would think we should talk abou=
t morality and ethics with all technology whether it is used is school or n=
ot.
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Lisa Douthit
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 8:26 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: cell phones
Please keep this topic going.
I have great interest and agree with Ross' comments. The teacher's as well=
as others in my school would not be ready or willing to even consider use =
of these tools. They mostly do not even realize that a great percentage of=
students in around 5th and up have iPod Touches or cell phone with all the=
data at their fingertips. At this point the student are very good at hidi=
ng the cells, but the iPods are somewhat more accepted mostly, because teac=
hers do not realize how some tools such as the iPod touch works. In other =
words they think they can only hold music. They see these items as ones th=
at mostly should be banned.
I would love to work towards better use of these products when appropriate,=
but as for our school, I am not sure we are as ready as the students are, =
yet the longer we go without addressing integrated use of these tools, the =
students will use them mostly in the social sense and may miss out on seein=
g the whole picture of how these could help them in use of technology.
Lisa Douthit
Technology Resources & Locust Systems Admin Notre Dame de Sion ldouthit@nds=
ion.edu
On Feb 19, 2009, at 5:52 AM, Ross Lenet wrote:
> The comment I am about to make may seem strange coming from a former=20
> Director of Technology, but I think that we all need to take with a=20
> grain of salt many of the assertions and predictions related to the=20
> role of technology in education (both present and future) in light of=20
> the fact that most of these comments are being made by people whose=20
> job titles include the word "technology" or similar.
>
> As I recall from the original charter (although I am willing to be=20
> corrected on this point), the ISED-L list was never meant to be a=20
> technology forum dominated by Directors of Technology, but that is=20
> what it has, de facto, become. Asking Directors of Technology to make=20
> predictions about the future of technology in education is akin, as I=20
> see it, to asking a real estate agent whether it is a good time to buy=20
> a house.
>
> Don't get me wrong. I wholeheartedly agree the we should loosen up=20
> about cell phones and iPods and even encourage their use. I just wish=20
> we could hear more from people whose job titles do not include the=20
> word "technology." I want to hear from "regular" English teachers,=20
> history teachers, religion teachers, and Kindergarten teachers.
>
> Ross Lenet
> Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC Former Director of Technology=20
> Mathematics Teacher
>
> P.S. By the way, universes may come and universes may go, but you will=20
> *never* hear a dumber question than asking a real estate agent whether=20
> it is a good time to buy a house. The next dumber question (whatever=20
> it is) is a distant second.
>
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