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Re: Technology and its future role in highschools...
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1) We all think that it's super important to learn about technology. But there are people who also think it's super important to get people to exersise instead of programming a device to do physical activity for people. We are becomming an overweight nation (myself included). Think how much pizza you probably ate during build - that's not even close to healthy. 2) Fancy technology intimidates most people. Maybe because most people never had a chance to learn about technology... ah, but that's another topic... 3) A group of kids can go outside, and with a few dollars, start playing baseball or basketball or football. How much did YOUR team spend last year? (Don't answer that, we don't want to know.) Even if you wanted to do robotics on your own, you still need some money. But I hope that robotics and other tech-activites can get more recognition (and I think that they are.) But I don't think it would, or should, take the place of sports. After all, my younger sister has to crush me in something... (swimming, running, biking, volleyball, etc...) |
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Re: Technology and its future role in highschools...
Interesting veiwpoints and ideas you all. I still dont know where I stand. All that I know is that I think tech shud be important in learning/schools. I also think they spend too much money on the football players [and they never spent enough on cheerleaders... but now that i can cheerlead.. the money shud go to tech! lol just kidding!!]
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Re: Technology and its future role in highschools...
The biggest problem of robotics overtaking major sports is the accessibility of it. Most people like to go see the sports, many times in part to see improvement and the more you see a team the more attached you get to it. Because robotics is generally a 1 or 2 event thing (1 regional, 2 regionals, 1 regional & championship) and that none of the events take place at a schools own location (students would have to travel quite a ways to see a competition) it would be hard for students to become attached and to love robotics the way they do other sports.
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Re: Technology and its future role in highschools...
I live in a county where every high school and middle school student is issued an Apple iBook. About 24,000 iBooks are in service. We are now in to the fourth year of this program and now more than ever, I'm sad to say that I think the investment was a waste of money. I've seen few students actually use their iBooks as little more than $1000 Media players or coasters. Teachers have become aware of the abuses of the iBooks and now rarly use them in class activeties. With that said I believe that technology in my county will decrease and eventually disapear because of student abuses of the iBooks. I believe that in the next few years the school board will find a happy medium of iBook usage that will create more of a place for the iBooks as more of a learning tool for a greater percentage of the students and teachers involved.
Remember, just because technoloy is present in the classroom does not mean it will be a good learning tool compared to a good old fashoined book. |
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Technology and its future role in high schools will only be on the increase. Of course, sometimes you must chop off a finger to save the hand. From what I have heard, in my old high school, the administration was thinking of eliminating the technology department all together. This would include: woods, metals, photography, CAD, Digital technology. Of course this is just a rumor and I doubt they would close down all of that.
But yes, I do agree that technology in the classrooms is increasing. If you notice, more professionals are using Power Point to teach. Others are relying on video conferencing. Why stop there? The more technology a school has the better it will prepare its students for the next steps. Whether it be in the military, a skilled trade, or college. |
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