2nd week readings

I have to say I am a bit of a skeptic when it comes to believing that computers will soon be as much a part of the classroom as pen and paper. The way I see it the biggest thing holding back this move towards technology is funding. Education for so long has been on the back burner when it came to funding, and with the economy as it is I don't see schools getting the funding they need any time soon. In addition to school funding being an issue there is also the funding of the students, ie the socioeconomic situation of parents and whether they can afford to buy a computer and have Internet. I work in a lower SES, and many of my students do not have computers.

At my school, each classroom does have at least one computer, there may even be a few rooms with two or three computers, but I don't see these being incorporated into the daily lessons of teachers. Instead they are used as places to do research, or play games. In addition, we have a decent computer lab, but we do not have an instructor in there that can get the students engaged in activities that are worth while. All too often they are playing math games, or having free time.

I feel that at my school reading and math, and subsequent test scores are all that matters to anyone, and no one sees how computers and technology can directly help with these two items, and thus no one cares to put the energy or funding into it.