Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Learning is messy
I could relate to the blog about about the laptop project in Nigeria. It made me evaluate the success of a laptop project that was implemented at one of the middle schools that I service. The most important tool in making a project like this work is TEACHER TRAINING.
Will Richardson and Chris Lehmann have posts today about the $100 laptop program in Nigeria. I
commented on Will’s blog that it reminded me a lot of what and why I’m doing a
pilot 1:1 program in my own classroom with 7 year old iBook computers. The
screens are small and the screen resolution is even smaller and the CD player
covers fall off occasionally, and they’re not “wicked fast” – but we are using
wikis, Skype, Flickr, blogs, and much more. And actually we probably have a lot
in common – 90% of my students receive free and reduced price lunch, few have
access to technology at home, and the laptops we are using probably aren’t worth
much more than $100.
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