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It’s In The Text October 16, 2008

Posted by Matthew Woolums in 21st-Century, Articles/Videos, Opinion.
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Thanks to a tweet from Jeff Utecht to an article about moving from text books to ubiquitous connectivity. The article discusses the transition from text book based thinking in the classroom to 1:1 student connectivity. The article outlines some of the conditions surrounding the use of text books.

Students and parent expect textbooks

“There is no correlation between textbook purchase and the grade achieved” (Carpenter et al., 2006).

“That students could pass through the…..(Textbook) curriculum without attaining a “working” understanding of the materials presented.”

I’m all in favor of getting more technology into the hands of students, but if the previous text book teaching remains, there won’t be much change in the outcomes of the three items above with technology replacing the term textbook. This review of the benefits of Web 2.0 in the classroom suggest that even for technology using teachers, their teaching isn’t changing.

The majority of teachers questioned had never used Web 2.0 applications in lessons, despite being frequent users of technology in their personal and professional lives.

http://www.leadertalk.org/2008/10/moving-from-ubi.html

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