Thing 3

I subscribed to the blogs listed and at first was overwhelmed by all the information. I looked through many of the titles and the one that caught my interest was http://www.infinitethinking.org/2009/01/pondering-new-years-resolutions-digital.html
The blog talked about as technology seems to be increasing in educational settings, during the economic times, many families are doing away with the technology in the home first. Which is leaving students without ways to interact with technology or each other outside the classroom that much more difficult. I know that many of the students at SES do not have the financial means to have technology in their home. I wonder how many others are seeing a similar effect in your classrooms? The blog went on to say that when we do a technology survey at the beginning of the year we need to see not only what is available in the home but what is available outside the home such as friend's house, library, and other locations that may be within distance to the students home. I run the after school program and I know that I value technology and see its benefits, we added a computer lab segment to our afterschool program and we have a teacher that runs it and allows the students to do a variety of activities with the students throughout the week.