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.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Learning is messy
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I agree that we need to have suffient teacher training. Also, I believe that we also need to take an interest in our students right here in America. Many of them do not have access to the technology that they need just to compete in today's world. What are we doing to service them? Are we interested in servicing our students? What about the parents? Do they even want this for their students?
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