THE PROBLEM :
10/11/2008 2 THE PROBLEM TEACHER PERSPECTIVE
THORNBURG PERSPECTIVE
STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
MY PERSPECTIVE
THORNBURG PERSPECTIVE :
10/11/2008 3 THORNBURG PERSPECTIVE Benefits of the net - unquestionably good
Help students think, teachers
Use cheat sites advantageously
The real problem- teachers’ questions
Regurgitation
Facts in isolation
Sterile curriculum
Concept of an educated person
The real challenge-what students can do at home
TEACHER PERSPECTIVE :
10/11/2008 4 TEACHER PERSPECTIVE Technology facilitates cheating
Some sites are designed to give answers
No personal technologies in classrooms
Handheld devices particularly dangerous
Memory of information is important
Students just cheat work from internet sites
STUDENT PERSPECTIVE :
10/11/2008 5 STUDENT PERSPECTIVE We need challenge
We can be crafty we have ingenuity
Thinking is harder
Net research /brain research
Credit us for our work
Net essays do not monopolise language
Taking my iPaq - you’re nuts!
MY PERSPECTIVE :
10/11/2008 6 MY PERSPECTIVE Thornburg is right
Our students fit the regular pattern
Trinidad is not ready to get it
I want to help
They will kill me
More Thornburg can help