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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Pay Attention
Teachers often ask students to 'Pay Attention'. Paying attention is an important part of learning. Segway to the world of the consumer ... when a company wants you to buy a product they pay for your attention by buying adds on TV, Facebook, newspapers, and many other sources. It works as indicted by how many adds we see in the world around us. Now take the concept of learning, paying attention, and paying for attention to the world of a secondary student. Studies show that students are engaged by technology. The first payment that can be made for the attention of the student is making a computer available . Computer use at school is limited as to the number of the available and scheduled times of use. To expand on the paying for student attention through technology 1 to 1 programs are the next step. Students can pay attention (be engaged) 24/7. Next to use the curriculum to promote learning by funneling the curriculum through the lap top. Staff will need to have time to learn the technology that needs to be used and then be given the time to adapt and create curriculum. So let's start paying attention to paying attention!!! Special thanks to Justin Tarte for the blog topic idea.
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Part two of this blog post is...Paying attention to what? Paying attention is part of learning but what is being learned? I can pay attention to a commericial about the best medication but i can also pay attention to a commerical about viagra. So if technology and 1 to 1 computer programs start to pay for student attention, does that equal engagement, and does that equal learning? What type of skills are being learned and how do we measure them? Research so far does not show that this technology engagement results in better test scores. Not enough research time and study or testing the wrong skills or are the students just being engaged in non curricular areas? Results do show behavioral problems are reduced. So does that amount to learning? I can set a kid infront of a TV for two hours and get the same behaviorial effect. So what do you think and how engaged are you at this point?
ReplyDeletePart three to paying attention. Companies pay for your attention in the media and anywhere they think that you will look. They are selling a product. Schools are not sellling a product they are giving children the opportunity to learn. So instead of asking the students to "Pay Attention" educators should be asking "Give Me Your Attention". Is there a difference, YES!
ReplyDeletePaying for attention by useing technology seems the way to go but wondering where I would find evidence that it is worth the investment? What assessment tools can be used to guage the success as it relates to the numbers the state and federal government require. If it is just used to engage and control behavior is that enough? Is it possible to assess it accurately and how long does a study need to be to give valid data. I will say one thing when you look for minute by minute assessment and how it works just look at video games and how fast kids go through the levels.
ReplyDeleteWell the Prairie Valley School District has paid for the attention of all the 7th through 12th grade students. It was very pleasing educationally to see the looks on all (almost all) the students faces as they were trusted with their own laptop computers. I could image all the great things that they would learn by having access to this technological manipulative. Now the question is how long will the attention last in an educational forum. Will they become in time just a way for students to stay in their seats and be quiet ? Will the staff use them to add variety and depth to the curriculum or will they use them as glorified typewriters and/or behavior babysitters. Time will tell...
ReplyDeletePaying for attention by giving students laptop/notebooks continues. Paying for student attention by giving them a technological manipulative I hope results in parents paying attention also. Parents now have children with portable computers that have a block but should be looking into what is available for them on the computer. School web site articles, student projects on google doc, educational blogs, so much more. Let the students teach the parents. So many opportunities so little time.
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