Spread A Bit Thin
The Case of the Impossible Integration
Who Are You?
Elementary Classroom Teacher
The Scenario:
Your school district is a demographically middle-of-the road district. You do not qualify for much Title I money, but at the same time, your community is not so affluent (or generous) that they have authorized considerable funding for technology. Therefore, you have just enough technology money to have placed one computer in each classroom, and a few machines in the Library/Media Center. These are new machines and capable of running pretty much any educational or productivity software you have seen, and there is a small budget for buying software to augment the basic productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Office) already installed on each classroom computer. The problem is, you have one computer and 30 students. It just does not seem possible to "integrate technology" when there are so few resources to be used by so many students.
Your Challenges:
What strategies will you develop and employ to make the most of your "one computer" situation? How can you have an entire class of students "using technology" when it would seem that they need to share just this one computer?
Think About:
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Last updated, December 29, 1998