Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Reflection on a school with virtually no technology
Well this past week I had the opportunity to go to a private school in the Kirkland area and they had almost no new technology. From the classrooms that I saw they had no projectors, no smart boards. This was a different experience than what I am used to having grown up at least through high school with all of this stuff. What I looked at though was the effectiveness of the teaching being done even though they had no technology. The math teacher was using an overhead projector to great effect with the students and they were learning just as much as they would have with any other technology. I think this goes to show that technology, while preparing our kids for the future, isn't the catalyst for learning. It is the love for learning and the want of knowledge that will keep our kids in school and learning effectively.
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That is a unique perspective. I agree that a lot of learning happens because the students choose to learn but I'm wondering if this might be a unique case? I mean it is awesome that you feel they were learning just as much as without technology but would they be learning even more with it? I feel like technology isn't the ONLY reason students learn but it certainly helps-and I can't help but feel that those kids might have the correct book knowledge but will they be on the same playing field in the area of technology as students from the other schools and in their future careers?
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