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Learning from a Laptop

The Ethics of Technology in Education

What defines the

modern classroom?

Cost: Beyond Finances

Instructors: Time

investment Learning

curve

Cost: More than Finances

Availability: How much is too much?

Enabling empowered learning or distracting from core curriculum focuses?

Case Study:Games in the Classroom

School: Quest to Learn Curriculum based on game-play Tablets, video games, group

discussion

Case Study:Games in the Classroom

Engagement

Innovation

…Distraction?

Physically Present, Mentally Absent

“Students rapidly typing up notes turn into ‘court reporters’ that create, perhaps, an accurate account of the class without ever gaining a proper understanding of the material.”

– G. Borden Flanagan, PhD, American University [4]

Society on Cost: A Financial Conundrum

Taxpayers shouldering multimillion-dollar budgets

Effects on test scores still unknown / unclear

Society on Cost:A Financial Conundrum

Global Stakes: External Funding

“Big name”, multinational companies funding tech programs, software, equipment Intel Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Are students’ best interests really at the heart of it all?

The Digital Divide on Two Levels

Societal Rural schools - disparities in

resources, both internally and externally

Technologically-progressive schools inundated

Intra-generational skills gap

The Digital Divide on Two Levels

Global Life-preparedness: Can simulations

truly model real-life experiences? Inter-generational skills gap,

communication barriers

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Ultimate Question: Where is the

Balance?

Image Resources(In Order of Slides)

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http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/files/2012/02/iPad.jpg

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Works Cited

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