Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Just a thought
As I sat here studying for a spanish quiz and thinking of all the work I had to get done I just thought for one second. There is all this talk flourishing throughout our class of a paperless classroom and a reinvention of the education practice. I just thought about what is the point of a paperless classroom? What is to stop a paperless classroom from creating nothing but online courses? Sure you can bring in the disciplinary actions, but with the evolution of podcasts brewing what is to stop simultaneous live podcasts from occurring? That could be way ahead of time, but I just really don't see a paperless classroom really taking off anytime too soon. Yes, at one point it may happen, but I am skepical of it's timeframe being upon us so soon. Just a thought, nothing really more.
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B, watch the video on the blog quiz--and then tell me what you think about how far off the paperless classroom is??
Even after watching the video, I can understand where Brian is coming from. A paperless classroom... I don't know. I feel that limiting hardcopy texts/"paper" copies or assignments in a classroom would be better (emphasis on better). Eliminating them completely would be eliminating a piece of learning; not all students are comfortable (as shocking as this sounds) with learning from a computer. Sure, they know how to use computers. They know what they want to do with them, when they want to do it. But how cna we be sure students will be comfortable reading a book from their laptop? I know I'm not. It gives me a headache. And that's just one mediocre problem that could exist in a paperless classroom. Furthermore, cost issues that would arise. With our nation's economy and the amount of familys under the poverty level, along with the number of schools with limited funding, schools NOW are having enough problems finding cheaper ways to provide students with tools for learning. If the classroom is moved to paperless, I am still apprehensive that all students would have the means access their work. So, while a paperless classroom might seem wonderful, I feel there are side effects that still need to be considered. You raised some great questions Brian. Thank you for your post.
I can see both sides of the spectrum. From the amount of paper some of my professors use and give out every class, it looks like a paperless classroom in the near future is impossible. However, watching the video makes me wonder...
I want to use less paper in the classroom because I don't believe in killing all the trees for the paper just to be thrown out, but I don't think that I would support a completely paperless classroom even if it was the "thing to do." I don't think that being completely dependent on a screen for everything is healthy....more on that later.
i see where you are coming from Brian, paper is a staple of education and I can not fathom a classroom without, but this could benefit us a teachers because file managment is a lot easier than keeping an organized notebook.
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