Educational Technology

May 30, 2012

Schools and Students Clash Over Use of Technology

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:35 am

by Katrina Schwartz, Mind Shift

Students aren’t just posting personal pictures and stories on Facebook — it’s just as much a part of their social lives as it is a place where they connect with each other for school work, too. According to the survey, 46 percent of students have used Facebook to collaborate on school projects, and one in 10 high school students have tweeted about an academic subject. Meanwhile, in formal classroom settings, the practice of using these online tools as an acceptable means of learning has been slow: half of all middle and high school students say they can’t access social media sites at school. Educational policy makers need to connect the dots between what motivates and encourages students to learn and what’s actually happening in the classroom, the report states. 65 percent of school principals said it was unlikely they would allow personal devices in the coming school year. That connection might be found in students’ own mobile devices. A whopping 45 percent of middle-schoolers and 55 percent of high-schoolers say that they mainly access the Internet through mobile devices.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/05/schools-and-students-clash-over-use-of-technology/

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