Journal 1
Green, T, Donavan, L, & Bass, K. (2010). Taking laptops school wide: a professional. US,Canada: ISTE(international Society for Technology in Education).
This article is mainly about the need to incorporate laptops into the classroom. It states that classrooms within the same districts each had varying degrees of how much the laptops were incorporated into their learning system. Schools who had a great deal of success in the field found that teacher collaboration was essential to that success. Teachers who had linked classes like gate students were 2nd and 3rd grade linked and 4th and 5th grade linked. These teachers readily communicated exactly what students had learned on the laptops and what they had not yet learned. So if a 2nd grade class moved to 3rd grade then that teacher already knew exactly where to pick up from in regards to laptop learning. This process leads to greater success with integration of laptops into the classroom.
Q: How do you go about getting a program like this started?
A: The key to this would be to start off relatively small, make sure that you get as much parental support as possible. Parents basically rule the school if there is enough support from the parents then it will not be as difficult in implementing a program such as this into your school.
Q: How do you get other teachers to buy into it?
A: I would imagine that it would be very tricky to get some teachers to buy into a program like this. Some people tend to get stuck in their ways and do not like change. In this situation I would try to find a teacher you have a relation with and talk with them, get them to be on your side then the two of you can find another and be twice as persuasive.
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