approach requires teachers learn how to “read” a student- produced video, website, audio recording, presentation, or any other type of project the student may choose to create. Teachers need time to learn how to assess this new kind of creativity. Teachers get the opportunity to learn this new skill in a school- provided 1:1 laptop program.
Why can’t this be learned in a bring your own device program? Technically, it could if all students were required to bring a specific device meeting minimum requirements set forth by the district. However imagine this scenario: parents invest in a $600 laptop for their student to use. The student eagerly takes the laptop to school. At school, teachers are learning to manage the suddenly technology-rich classrooms, developing procedures and routines to try to make the best use of the tools. Just like the students, some teachers are learning and adapting quickly while others need more time. After a few months, half of the teachers are comfortable integrating technology in their classrooms and half of them are not. In some classrooms the laptop gets used. In other classrooms, the laptop sits unused. Because of the initial parent cost, parents are now paying for teachers to learn how to integrate technology into the classroom. Districts do not ask parents to personally fund professional development days for teachers, so why would we expect them to fund the time needed to train teachers to integrate technology? In a school-provided
1:1 program where teachers have had the time necessary to learn the integration techniques and appropriate pedagogy, they will feel prepared when parents and students are ready to move to a BYO program. The school-provided 1:1 program is essential professional development in preparation for a BYO program.
Our students are being called to be creative problem solvers, clearly communicating deep understanding based on information analysis and ingenuity. As we move forward with them, we are called to adapt to a new understanding of what teaching and learning means. We are called to facilitate a new kind of learning that allows for collaboration, encourages creativity, and helps students learn how to learn. Technology is an essential piece of the new learning landscape. As education moves forward we must abandon our concern with which devices students are bringing into the classroom, allowing them the freedom to express new understandings regardless of the tool used to communicate. To get teachers to that point they need the uniformity of a school-provided 1:1 laptop program. We must provide teachers with the time and experience needed for real learning to happen.
Michael Partridge is the Instructional Technology Specialist at Pinckney Community Schools, an Adjunct Instructor for MSU, and MACUL SIGMM Officer. He can be contacted at
mikey.partridge@
gmail.com.
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