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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Blended classrooms also use teachers. Teachers work with small groups of students while others work on computer based learning. If DCI isn't using some blended learning, then what are they doing with the chromebooks?   Given its 1:1 approach,  DCI is probably relying more on computer use than most other schools even if it doesn't offer  complete on line classes, such as Algebra.  In fact, DCI talks about how kids can learn at their own pace and how computers allow teachers to differentiate learning.

Lots of research suggests tech has many disadvantages. Does that mean schools shouldn't us computers? No, I don't think so. Lots of great ways to use computers in the classrom.  But schools need to be thoughtful about how they are using them, something DCI (and other school districts)  isn't doing.  At the open houses, DCI just talks about how great the tech is, how it saves kids from carrying heavy books and helps them stay organized.

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The chromebooks to me are simply electronic binders/textbooks - that's where the students read, do their homework (math problems), and draft essays / turn them in. It's more a paperless school than a 'tech focus'

There are some things being done online - chemistry simulations - and the makers-type elective teaches some coding.

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Online chemistry? That's surprising to me. Do they also do in person real lab experiments at DCI?[/quote]

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