When your classroom has no computers and
your students have no access to computers, students aren't going to use the Internet.
If
your students have access to computers, they might use graphic software such as Inspiration or Kidspiration to build their own graphic organizers to display the steps in the bill - to - law process.
Using social bookmarking sites is definitely a key skill for students to learn, but I find that while most
students have access to computers these days (according to Pew Research 95 percent of all teens are online), that doesn't mean that they have access to collaborative tools.
The 250 Academy
students all have access to a computer.
The Leadership Conference Education Fund reports that African American families consider ensuring that
students have access to computers and other technology in school the second - highest priority for additional school funding (after ensuring that there are enough books and instructional materials), with 94 percent saying it is one of the most important or very important uses.
This analysis will include not only the speed of Internet access, the technical training of teachers, how many hours a day
students have access to computers, and whether this technology is available to students with disabilities, but also whether «students have access to necessary technology outside of school and how school districts support students who do not have Internet access at home.»
Not exact matches
With YouTube blocked on his school
computers, Lunny built a site that
would allow his fellow
students to access the popular video - sharing platform.
Why you want one: The best perk of 529 plans is the ability
to to pay for a host of college - related expenses, including tuition, room and board, books,
computer equipment, and even Internet
access, all tax - free (the plan
student has to be enrolled in school
to qualify for the
computer and Internet perks, though).
• The Rural Technology Fund, founded by a tech executive who
had limited
access to computers when he was growing up in rural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books
to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships
to students from rural communities who hope
to pursue careers in technology.
Code Brooklyn
has a five - part strategy that's meant
to dovetail with Mayor Bill de Blasio's recently announced
Computer Science For All initiative, an $ 81 million public - private partnership that aims to give every student in New York City access to computer science within 1
Computer Science For All initiative, an $ 81 million public - private partnership that aims
to give every
student in New York City
access to computer science within 1
computer science within 10 years.
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computer terminals within the Licensee's library premises («Authorized Users»).
Peter Snyder, a graduate
student of
computer science at UIC, and his colleagues looked at the costs and benefits associated with websites
having access to 74 different types of functionality (collectively called web application programming interface, or API).
In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC —
to intriguing ventures with the potential
to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated
to opening
access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for
students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online
students and a comparative one of
students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc
has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and
student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds
to create a free prototype
computer science online course for edX.
In a similar way, this Microsoft infographic seemed
to suggest that simply
having a home
computer with Internet
would fix billions of dollars of lost - earning potential due
to nearly 10 million American
students lacking
access to digital tools.
Just as technology - infused instruction
has moved out of the
computer lab, we will see media literacy begin
to move across the curriculum, especially as teachers rely more and more on online resources and the
access that
students have to the internet for information.
Most
students now
have access to computers and the Internet in their classrooms, nearly all
students have access somewhere in their schools, and a majority of teachers report using
computers or the Internet for instructional purposes.
The OECD report highlighted that, while desktop
computers remained the most common form of
computers in schools in 2012, the share of
students with
access to mobile devices is increasing, with 43 per cent of
students, on average,
having access to laptops at school, and 11 per cent
having access to tablets.
Less than ten percent offer AP
computer science, and
students who
have access aren't necessarily being encouraged
to pursue programming.
This enhances a cooperative learning environment for each classroom, where
students and teachers
have access to computers and the Internet all day.
For those who
have access to a classroom
computer or a few
student desktops, I wrote a post a while back on how teachers can maximize the
computer (s) in their classrooms.
High school
students in this
computer lab in rural Idaho are taking online courses in subjects they wouldn't otherwise be able
to access.
Some programs, such as Connect
to Compete and Internet Essentials,
have already started on this work, offering low cost
computers and Internet
access to families of
students that receive free or reduced price lunch.
Berea Middle School, in Greenville, South Carolina, for example, not only
has developed a laptop initiative using Title I funds that provide low - income
students with much - needed
access to Web - enabled
computers, it also reaches out
to the school's parent population at the same time.
Over the last eight years, the district
has spent $ 32 million on the hardware systems necessary
to track
student demographic and performance data districtwide, and another $ 2 million on additional
computers that allow teachers
to access the system; much of this funding
has come from the federal E-Rate program, which
has allocated more than $ 10 billion toward Internet infrastructure in K — 12 schools and libraries since 1996 (see «World Wide Wonder?»
If you do not
have access to a
computer, select one or more of the resources below
to print and share with
students.
A 2001 U.S. Department of Education report claimed that
students in poverty are 15 percent less likely
to have access to computers at school than
students in the highest income brackets.
Imagine how difficult it
would be for a
student with limited
access to computers to work on an assignment that requires him
to make Excel sheets and Power Point Presentations.
As we enter the world of high - powered notebook
computers, broadband internet connections, 3 - dimensional curricula, open - source product development, and internet - based games, both co-operative and competitive,
students will learn by
accessing dynamic, interactive instructional materials that provide information
to each
student at the level of accomplishment he or she
has reached.
Fourth, all
students at West Point are on equal footing in terms of
access to educational resources: all
students must purchase the same laptop
computers and iPad tablets, and all academic buildings
have wireless Internet
access.
Most local libraries
have computers for public use, and you
would probably be surprised at how many
students can find a way
to access web content outside of class.
If
students have computer access, demonstrate how
to create a three - column, two - sided brochure with available software.
Students can read their course materials on their smartphones even while in bed, rather than
have to go
to the
computer labs on the campus before
having access to the materials.
If you
have access to computers or a
computer lab, let
students use one of the inflation calculators above
to calculate the inflation - adjusted cost (value compared
to the current value of the dollar) of a gallon of gasoline.
If you
have access to computers,
students could do this as a research task instead.
In this investigation
students need
to have access to a
computer.
And research shows that
students who
have access to computers in school don't necessarily perform better on standardized exams.
As Stanford University professor Larry Cuban writes in Oversold and Underused, «There
have been no advances (measured by higher academic achievement of urban, suburban, or rural
students) over the past decade that can be confidently attributed
to broader
access to computers....
«It seemed very unfair
to us that some of our
students had access to rich learning resources, while those without
computers and Internet
access saw their school day truly end at 3 P.M. each day,» she explains.
Students can complete work on the powerpoints if they
have access to a
computer room.
The Flip started when these teachers began supplying absent
students with an online lecture they could watch from home or from wherever they
had access to a
computer and the Internet, including school or the local library.
On - line resources can help elementary and middle school
students produce better work than that of
students who
have access only
to computers, a study released last week concludes.
72 percent believe
students who
have access to computers at home
have a major advantage over those who do not.
The University of Kansas
has developed a wealth of resources
to help their
students become proficient writers, and the materials are available
to anyone with a
computer and Internet
access.
Oklahoma City math teacher Telannia Norfar
has one desktop
computer for
students, graphing calculators, her school - issued laptop, and a projector, plus
access to a mobile cart of laptops she shares with three other instructors.
For economically disadvantaged
students, the school may be the only place where they will
have the opportunity
to use a
computer and integrate technology into their learning (for more about equity,
access, and digital inclusion, check out our Digital Divide Resource Roundup.)
Not every
student needs
to have access to the robot at the same time — they can test out their code on a «virtual»
computer version before hooking up
to the real thing.
Don't expect overwhelming enthusiasm for your innovative character education Web site if
students and teachers
have limited
access to computers.
Talking
to the teacher more, Sharif learned that because
access to Creative Cloud was limited
to the
computer lab, they
had to dedicate most of their class time
to students working on their project.
With record gains being made in providing
students with
access to computers and the Internet, more schools are shifting their priorities toward other areas that
have been simmering on the back burner — namely, figuring out how
to integrate technology into the curriculum in meaningful ways.
Even though we can see that
students have high levels of
access to ICT and high levels of use of these technologies, there are still large variations in
computer and information literacy proficiency within and across the ICILS countries.