There are three computer labs at Oakland High School. Each lab has 25 computers/workstations, but it's common knowledge that on any given day only about 19 of them will be working, so teachers usually reserve two labs. You can see available dates and submit a request to reserve a lab online. I have observed many students with personal smartphones; however, I think less have access to computers at home.
My cooperating teacher is ambivalent about technology in the classroom. She likes the idea of it, but feels that she's not trained enough in it to do anything particularly groundbreaking, and also knows that technology at the school is very unreliable. I have seen her use her projector to show powerpoints in class every day. The content of these powerpoints is for the most part restricted to instructions for the class and teaching grammar and vocabulary. When she has her students use technology, it's always in the labs at school--she doesn't assign something that requires technology for homework. She uses the labs primarily for internet research and typing essays, which they save on google docs. They also do the occasional Prezie, and last year she tried a webquest, which she wouldn't repeat.
My cooperating teacher is ambivalent about technology in the classroom. She likes the idea of it, but feels that she's not trained enough in it to do anything particularly groundbreaking, and also knows that technology at the school is very unreliable. I have seen her use her projector to show powerpoints in class every day. The content of these powerpoints is for the most part restricted to instructions for the class and teaching grammar and vocabulary. When she has her students use technology, it's always in the labs at school--she doesn't assign something that requires technology for homework. She uses the labs primarily for internet research and typing essays, which they save on google docs. They also do the occasional Prezie, and last year she tried a webquest, which she wouldn't repeat.
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