Learning from a Laptop
The Ethics of Technology in Education
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What defines the
modern
classroom?
Cost: Beyond Finances
S Instructors:
S Time investment
S Learning curve
Cost: More than Finances
Availability:
How much is too much?
S Enabling empowered
learning or distracting
from core curriculum
focuses?
Case Study:
Games in the Classroom
S School: Quest to Learn
S Curriculum based on game-play
S Tablets, video games, group discussion
Case Study:
Games in the Classroom
S Engagement
S Innovation
S …Distraction?
Physically Present,
Mentally Absent
“Students rapidly typing up notes turn into
‘court reporters’ that create, perhaps, an
accurate account of the class without ever
gaining a proper understanding of the
material.”
– G. Borden Flanagan, PhD, American University [4]
Society on Cost:
A Financial Conundrum
S Taxpayers shouldering multimillion-dollar budgets
S Effects on test scores still unknown / unclear
Society on Cost:
A Financial Conundrum
Global Stakes:
External Funding
S “Big name”, multinational companies funding
tech programs, software, equipment
S Intel
S Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
S Are students’ best interests really at the heart
of it all?
The Digital Divide
on Two Levels
S Societal
S Rural schools - disparities in resources, both
internally and externally
S Technologically-progressive schools
inundated
S Intra-generational skills gap
The Digital Divide
on Two Levels
S Global
S Life-preparedness: Can simulations truly
model real-life experiences?
S Inter-generational skills gap, communication
barriers
Ultimate Question:
Where is the Balance?
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Image Resources
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http://education.smarttech.com/en/products/smart-board-m600
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http://www.eschoolnews.com/files/2010/08/computerskids.jpg
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http://www.postandcourier.com/storyimage/CP/20110523/PC1602/305239933/EP/1/2/E
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http://www.supportingeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/shutterstock_141310006960x365.jpg
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http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/files/2012/02/iPad.jpg
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http://www.theontogenypartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ijunkie.jpg
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http://digitaldivide2012.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/digital-divide-62.jpg?w=780
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Works Cited
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Workshop on the Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, 2007. Internet.
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TODAY College. USA Today, 8 Sept. 2012. Web. 27 Sept. 2014.
3. "High School Students, Teachers Learn Long-Term Benefits of Tablet PCs in the
Classroom." N.p.: Microsoft, 2007. 1-6. Print.
Works Cited
6. Hsu, Jeremy. "New York Launches Public School Curriculum Based on Playing
Games.” PopSci. Popular Science, 16 Sept. 2009. Web. 28 Sept. 2014.
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Business Week. Bloomberg, 11 Nov. 2013. Web. 26 Sept. 2014.
8. Richtel, Matt. "In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores." The New York Times.
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