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From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Lisa Douthit
Sent: Thu 2/19/2009 9:26 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=20
well as others in my school would not be ready or willing to even=20
consider use of these tools. They mostly do not even realize that a=20
great percentage of students in around 5th and up have iPod Touches or=20
cell phone with all the data at their fingertips. At this point the=20
student are very good at hiding the cells, but the iPods are somewhat=20
more accepted mostly, because teachers do not realize how some tools=20
such as the iPod touch works. In other words they think they can only=20
hold music. They see these items as ones that mostly should be banned.
I would love to work towards better use of these products when=20
appropriate, but as for our school, I am not sure we are as ready as=20
the students are, yet the longer we go without addressing integrated=20
use of these tools, the students will use them mostly in the social=20
sense and may miss out on seeing the whole picture of how these could=20
help them in use of technology.
Lisa Douthit
Technology Resources & Locust Systems Admin
Notre Dame de Sion
ldouthit@ndsion.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=20
> of the fact that most of these comments are being made by people=20
> whose 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=20
> make predictions about the future of technology in education is=20
> akin, as I see it, to asking a real estate agent whether it is a=20
> good time to buy 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=20
> wish we could hear more from people whose job titles do not include=20
> the word "technology." I want to hear from "regular" English=20
> teachers, history teachers, religion teachers, and Kindergarten=20
> teachers.
>
> Ross Lenet
> Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC
> Former Director of Technology
> Mathematics Teacher
>
> P.S. By the way, universes may come and universes may go, but you=20
> will *never* hear a dumber question than asking a real estate agent=20
> whether it is a good time to buy a house. The next dumber question=20
> (whatever it is) is a distant second.
>
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