TITLE: Selective Use of Technology


FEMALE SPEAKER:
Brock has a lot of Technology that he can use at school
he has decided not to use it though this year
he's been very......
he wants to use the iPad because it's something
that's less bulky, less confining for him
versus the CCTV that's set up in the back of the room. When he uses the CCTV
its big, he's got, his desk is in the very far back at the room because of the
large screen that
the the teachers don't want it to interfere with the other children
so he's placed in the back of the room and he's decided this year
he doesn't want to use it because he doesn't want to sit in the back of the room
so he's now moved himself to the front of the room
and he's using the iPad which is wonderful
but the iPad is only one piece of equipment
so there's the matter of do I read a book or do I look at the board with the
iPad.
Verses maybe another PC technology
that is out there for him that he could do both by sitting in the front of the
room using this other piece of technology that would bring the board to his
laptop in split-screen.
The CCTV he feels is.......he's not with his peers
because he's got three desks in the back of the room that's separated from the
rest
of the class and a big bulky monitor
that is limiting what he sees in the room
because it's that and to use this
he tends to stand rather than to sit at his desk.
He's not taking the initiative to
rather than using just the iPad
he's not taking advantage of the other tools that he has at his disposal he's
become very complacent and it is just the
iPad I will make sure everything works with just the iPad
and because he says that
nobody questions it and I wish the Teachers were to step up a little bit
more
and say hey I think you'd do better if you used your CCTV
so that she could see the board you can see the book at the same time