http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/02/17/laptops-are-21st-century-pencils/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/02/17/laptops-are-21st-century-pencils/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » Laptops are 21st Century Pencils Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:59:58 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=757#comment-455 [...] Laptops are 21st Century Pencils (Via Moving at the Speed of Creativity.) This post from Wesley Fryer makes a good addition to my 1:1 category. It’s full of links, and here is my favorite excerpt. Laptop computer technology is just like any other tool: it can be abused and used poorly or it can be leveraged powerfully to engage students. The major difference is the instructional philosophy with which the teacher approaches the educational enterprise. Why are we here in school? Do we just want students to fill out a virtual worksheet on the computer instead of a xeroxed worksheet with a pencil? Hopefully not. We need to use computer technologies in schools to help students cultivate REAL relationships with real people. We need to help students develop authentic literacy skills, not just good test-taking strategies valued only in the context of classrooms focused on high-stakes accountability. [...] [...] Laptops are 21st Century Pencils (Via Moving at the Speed of Creativity.) This post from Wesley Fryer makes a good addition to my 1:1 category. It’s full of links, and here is my favorite excerpt. Laptop computer technology is just like any other tool: it can be abused and used poorly or it can be leveraged powerfully to engage students. The major difference is the instructional philosophy with which the teacher approaches the educational enterprise. Why are we here in school? Do we just want students to fill out a virtual worksheet on the computer instead of a xeroxed worksheet with a pencil? Hopefully not. We need to use computer technologies in schools to help students cultivate REAL relationships with real people. We need to help students develop authentic literacy skills, not just good test-taking strategies valued only in the context of classrooms focused on high-stakes accountability. [...]

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/02/17/laptops-are-21st-century-pencils/comment-page-1/#comment-453 John Blake Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:39:21 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=757#comment-453 Thanks! This is a must read. Thanks! This is a must read.

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