Drawbacks of Carts | Benefits of 1:1 Laptops |
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What is "Laptops may not be available when students need them."
Oh no! The carts are signed out this period. I have an essay due and I need a laptop.
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What is "Students can have e-textbooks?"
I don't have to have so many textbooks.
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What is "There is little accountability for acceptable use."
Gross! Look what someone downloaded onto this laptop.
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What is "collaborative learning?"
I can share my work with other students in my group either at school or at home.
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What is "Students may not take care of a laptop that isn't theirs."
How am I supposed to type without a spacebar and an enter key?
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What is "unlimited access to resources?"
I can work on homework anywhere.
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What is "Carts may not hold enough laptops for an entire class
Wait! I need one too! There are only 16 laptops in a cart, and our class has 22 students.
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What is "student centered assessment?"
I can "show what I know" in many different ways
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What is "Who stole all the chargers?"
This laptop is dead.
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What is "technology equality?"
All students have equal access to learning resources.
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