- Black Eagle X99
- |
- Intrepid Legendary Member
I don't see you doing anything to help our country.
Except sitting at home, naked, eating twinkies, rubbing your hands together going "Heh. Target Destroyed. Mission Accomplished." Oh wait. that's not helping.
Modernization of the classroom, what does that mean exactly? I would say it's the conversion over from paper, textbooks, and other solid forms to pure digital learning. What would be so bad about that?
My district is trying to get a new thing started where laptops can be brought to class. This removes the cost of books and paper from the district. Of course students could use their own laptops, and those who didn't own one could rent one for the year from the school. They would of course be responsible if it was damaged and such.
Being responsible is a skill in life, one that could be instilled very well with responsibility over a computer. Of course you could argue the cost, but crunch the numbers and having a few laptops on standby to be rented would be far cheaper than buying new books, paper, etc.
A conversion over to all computer would also improve overall classroom flow. No longer do you have to stop to get out a text book, pass out papers, etc. It would be a quick process of download this sheet and this powerpoint to help you along. Even tests could be done over computer, allowing them to be graded instantly. The only time consuming part left would be open ended responses. I don't think I need to tell any of you how much easier it is to respond with a keyboard as opposed to writing.
Oh and before you bring up people slacking and just playing games in class, the people doing that would be the ones who didn't pay attention in the first place, so not exactly creating a NEW problem.
So then what is the argument against such a conversion? If it's not cost and it's not ease of use, then what is it? What is stopping the schools in the United States from converting and joining the digital age?