Schools Need more Money and More resources. Teachers are not prepared to meet the needs of students when it comes to teaching students about how to use technology in the classroom. There are two reasons for this. Most teachers are not educated enough on technology themselves. Just as important there are not enough resources within the schools to adequetly provide current up to date technology for the students to use. If we expect students to go out into the world after they have completed school we are doing them a diservice. We need to find ways, creative ways, to find financing or partnerships to get the equipment into the hands of educators.
Many schools are having to work with outdated and inferior computers so that they can say they have a "computer lab" available. The schools are often not able to get up to date computers simply because the budget they work with is not enough. Even if a school was able to purchase enough "new" computers within a year those to are then out of date.
Not only do schools struggle to have state of the art computers, having qualified instructors is also an issue. Many times schools have to decide between new equipmnt or having a quailified teacher for the lab. In addition to the teacher needed, there is the need for a technician to repair the computers.
Schools and those that produce the technology, computers, software, and peripherals should work together so that we can ensure that the education students receive is top notch. I understand companies do not work for free, and I dont expect them to give their product away for free. I think there needs to be a better partnership. Now some might say that this create a biast if a school chooses one company over another. Well that may be true, but in the end if the students needs are being met best by one company over another, so be it then. School admionistrators have the final say in what books are chosen over one another, computers and whats needed for them are no different. Some text books chosen arent always the best, but when chosen its up to the teachers and staff to make the best of it.
Many schools are having to work with outdated and inferior computers so that they can say they have a "computer lab" available. The schools are often not able to get up to date computers simply because the budget they work with is not enough. Even if a school was able to purchase enough "new" computers within a year those to are then out of date.
Not only do schools struggle to have state of the art computers, having qualified instructors is also an issue. Many times schools have to decide between new equipmnt or having a quailified teacher for the lab. In addition to the teacher needed, there is the need for a technician to repair the computers.
Schools and those that produce the technology, computers, software, and peripherals should work together so that we can ensure that the education students receive is top notch. I understand companies do not work for free, and I dont expect them to give their product away for free. I think there needs to be a better partnership. Now some might say that this create a biast if a school chooses one company over another. Well that may be true, but in the end if the students needs are being met best by one company over another, so be it then. School admionistrators have the final say in what books are chosen over one another, computers and whats needed for them are no different. Some text books chosen arent always the best, but when chosen its up to the teachers and staff to make the best of it.
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