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At our continuation high school we have three computers in every classroom and we treat them like centers, the students rotate through for projects. We also have students rotate through a computer lab once a week; the computer liaison/teacher works with teachers one on one to develop our computer skills so we integrate technology into our lesson plans. The tech liaison also presents tech mini-lessons at staff meetings. Part of equity I believe is the ability to develop teacher skills so that they feel comfortable with tech integration. If teachers don't feel comfortable they are less likely to use the computer as a learning tool or to allow students to use the tech as well. Along with having computer centers, we have three computer lab and a rotating computer cart. Two math labs are built into the classrooms, these are utilized by the math content teachers to enhance math instruction. The computer cart (mobile lab) and the traditional computer lab with desktop computers have language arts rotating through on a weekly basis. Some language arts teachers take their classes on a weekly basis while others use it biweekly or monthly. As students move on to senior year, they are using the computer several times a week because the senior humanities and science teachers have moved on to cloud computing. A student can not graduate from our school without the ability to conduct research on-line and off-line; writing and editing a document going through the writing cycle and collaborating with peers and instructors; creating a slide show, podcast and or digital mini-movie. As a teach the exit teachers share their expertise and help one another develop their personal tech skills. To close our computer lab is open during lunch time and after school for students who are interested in completing classroom work, projects or exploring their interested within the internet agreement guidelines. I am sure not all students use computers in the same way but we try arduously to provide access to all students. > From: Christine Pon <christine.pon@gmail.com> > > Good evening, > > I just subscribed to EDTECH and am currently a student working on my > California teaching credential in English. I am taking a computers for > educators class and we have been discussing equity of access. I was > wondering, how are any > of your schools ensuring that students have equal > access to computers and the Internet? It seems like it could be > challenging, so I would love to see some examples. Thanks! > > Christy Pon > christine.pon@gmail.com --- Edtech Archives, posting guidelines and other information are at: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb Please include your name, email address, and school or professional affiliation in each posting. To unsubscribe send the following command to: LISTSERV@H-NET.MSU.EDU SIGNOFF EDTECH
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