A05+Smarties

A05 Smarties

Rachelle F Philippe G Travis A Brendan F

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 * What do you think?**


 * 1. Were the pros and cons of technology in your observation similar to the factors we have outlined?**


 * 2. Name one aspect of the computer program that stood out to you and comment on it. (positive or negative factor.)**


 * 3. What aspect of a school's technology program would be most important from:**
 * a) A teacher's point of view.**
 * b) A student's point of view.**
 * c) A school administrator's point of view.**

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Comments Section:

Hi Smarties!

I wasn't able to comment in your "comments" section for some reason, so I hope it's ok that I just post this here.

Nice presentation! I think you've definitely got the content portion of the assignment down - lots of good pros for technology and cons against it. The simple, white background on Prezi was a good design choice, I think.

I also liked your 2 youtube clips and think you could have added even more audio/video content to your presentation to make it more interactive. The information is all there, you might just want to alter the way it is presented on each slide. At the end you have some nice images - perhaps you could insert those throughout the slideshow rather than leaving them at the end?

I agree with most of your points except "Everyone NEEDS a computer". Not sure if you were being sarcastic here or not. Does everyone really NEED a computer at school (or at home or in life in general for that matter)? I'm not so sure. I think if teachers are comfortable and willing to use technology in their classrooms, great, if not, we shouldn't force it on them. Yes, some fear change, but for others I think using less technology better suits their teaching style. Certainly, computers can be incredibly useful in a school for many different reasons, but are they really absolutely necessary?

Alex

Hi guys, Sweet Prezi. My favorite thing about it was how you rotated the text. It gave the material an interesting flow. It seemed especially effective when you were presenting different points of view. I’ll have to get one of you to teach me how to do that. The text itself could have been a little bolder. Maybe using bullets instead of dashes would have drawn more attention to the points you are making. Anyway, some of the points didn’t really jump out at me. Now that I think about it, I’m not really sure how you would make a bullet in Prezi. I guess that’s another think I’ll have to learn. I think you made effective use of media given the time constraints we were faced with. I liked the Matrix clip because it highlighted a really valid point. In this day and age, everyone should at least have access to a computer. Schools should also be allocating enough money to be providing students with reasonably modern equipment. I was a little disappointed to learn that the systems at my school were over five years old. Hopefully, they'll get down to upgrading them next year. Chris