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[quote=Anonymous]Is there any one of us out here who can say that they must write out all of their work by hand without the use of a computer while at their job? Only unskilled, low-tech workers do that. Even plumbers show up at the house with their appointments and invoices on iPads. Hell, even McDonalds employees input orders on computers. The point is that we all work and learn on computers now.

The principal, founder, and some students at the school info meeting said that they use the computers about 50% or less of the time. Interestingly, as a high school teacher (at a completely unrelated school in another district) I use technology about the same amount of time in the classroom and for student assignments.

You all will not listen, but I will continue anyhow. There are lots of options for tech integration, from zero to 100%. The absolute worst is when tech is included with trepidation. That is when the use of it becomes a time-suck because it is not normalized into either the pedagogy or the receptive learning. When teachers need to re-scaffold the structure of the lessons because they are faced with delivery novelty then learning problems happen. The next worst is when you use technology with the assumption that all students will have reasonably equal access so you have partial classroom use and kids follow up (in the computer lab or at home). Students then suffer big divides in achievement because of all of the factors you can imagine when kids of different backgrounds need to go out of their way to organize their own time. The best option is using technology with a well-trained staff and well-trained student body that has equal access to the equipment. [/quote]

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