Comments on: Trying To Work Out What The Flat Aussie Classroom Is…. http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/04/15/119/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vicki Davis http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/04/15/119/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Vicki Davis Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:19:24 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/04/15/119/#comment-229 Of course, the exciting thing is that now things like wikis and learning tools, etc are free to all classrooms and not just folks that can "afford it." I teach at a small private school that is probably funded much like yours and we've taken 5 year old computers and used the "new" Web 2.0 social learning technologies and become cutting edge. I think the speed of processor and OS is becoming less relevant than HOW the computers you do have are used. I also think that the flat classroom will begin to harness the things that students use already like cell phones, iPods, and gameboys for educational use instead of fighting them. They are a great tool ripe for a good use in the classroom. I use them in mine now. Great entry! Of course, the exciting thing is that now things like wikis and learning tools, etc are free to all classrooms and not just folks that can “afford it.” I teach at a small private school that is probably funded much like yours and we’ve taken 5 year old computers and used the “new” Web 2.0 social learning technologies and become cutting edge.

I think the speed of processor and OS is becoming less relevant than HOW the computers you do have are used.

I also think that the flat classroom will begin to harness the things that students use already like cell phones, iPods, and gameboys for educational use instead of fighting them. They are a great tool ripe for a good use in the classroom. I use them in mine now.

Great entry!

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