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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher, I have to agree with those who value the intelligence and passion of the instructor over technology.  Sure, smartboards and iPads are great supplemental resources,  and I scour the Internet  to find the perfect lesson plans and materials.  But give me a great teacher and stapled books any day over the fanciest technology.  [/quote]

No one is questioning the value of the instructor. But to dismiss the role of technology in the classroom the way the pp did is nonsensical. The point I make is I'd prefer a great teacher instructing child how to write a book on an iPad to a great teacher still doing stapled books. The false equivalency here is that somehow the schools that integrate technology don't have great teachers and there's some inherent virtue in the luddite schools. It may make pp feel better about her current circumstance to assert such nonsense, but it's simply not true. For purposes of this discussion we can have a baseline assumption of instructor quality.
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I posted earlier in the thread and I think that everyone likes to jump off of the deep end when you point out simple facts.... ACPS doesn't have anywhere near the same level of technology in the elementary schools as Fairfax and Arlington. Moreover, there is an imbalance in what's available in each school. The district's website states the facts. And, as to echo what the prior poster said, in this day and age you simply cannot ignore the integration of technology. To do so is foolhardy.

Foreign language in middle/high school is fine, but why not make it a standard in elementary? It's as if it's ok to ignore what we know would be best for the students. Seriously, children in countries around the world - and the beltway, for that matter- are studying a second language in K, and we are ok with starting at 12???

As for the PP who is in a west end school with smart boards? Which school does your dc attend? Are they in every classroom? Are they used on a regular basis?[/quote]

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