Most if not all schools that have computers use Ms Office despite other options being available. Developments buy google may change the way we view standard office software, Word Processor, Power Point / Presentation Software, Spreadsheets. The only reasons I can think off why schools will not take advantage of this sort of online software is data retrieval and backup but it does indicate the importance of BANDWIDTH!
Often students are asked to hand in drafts of work but the idea of drafts to me is from an era of hard-copy. I draft as I go using a word processor iteratively, write, re-write, read aloud, get the computer to read it, print preview and finally print the assignment off. The only reason I print things is because I am asked to. I find it strange that our attitude to student work is still hard-copy…. But.. I still enjoy reading hard-copy , contradictory.. perhaps
This is yet another video that speaks volumes..
Education should be ……
I created this presentation for teachers at my school as a way of starting discussions about how we as teachers can use “The Network/Internet” as a learning space. What I find particularly exciting about the continually growing Internet is its ability to create opportunities for creating and sharing stuff . What this stuff is is up to us and as teachers it is incumbent upon us to guide students to create and participate constructively in the online environment.
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