Comments on: Student-built computer/projector cart project http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/03/03/student-built-computerprojector-cart-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=student-built-computerprojector-cart-project Thoughts About Empowering Students with Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Derek http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/03/03/student-built-computerprojector-cart-project/comment-page-1/#comment-104794 Derek Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:23:17 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1146#comment-104794 I'm sure these students' learned more from this hands on activity and social interaction with each other than they ever would have learned from a textbook or drill to kill lecture from the teacher. I recently attended the "Teens in Tech" conference in San Francisco and there are lots of teens doing some really amazing things. From building computers to launching their own web companies. Pretty inspiring stuff! Here's more on Teens in Tech: http://teensintech.com/ I’m sure these students’ learned more from this hands on activity and social interaction with each other than they ever would have learned from a textbook or drill to kill lecture from the teacher.

I recently attended the “Teens in Tech” conference in San Francisco and there are lots of teens doing some really amazing things. From building computers to launching their own web companies. Pretty inspiring stuff!

Here’s more on Teens in Tech: http://teensintech.com/

]]> By: Dillon Decicio http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/03/03/student-built-computerprojector-cart-project/comment-page-1/#comment-102378 Dillon Decicio Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:05:15 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1146#comment-102378 "Giving students ownership of their own learning is more than an abstract idea. In an institutional environment where everything is bland and uniform, having an identity stands out. Ownership can be simple and concrete, like the idea of giving the carts names or decorating them. Suddenly, they become more than just the object by itself. They start to represent the children - and are special, just like the children themselves." Well put. I'm surprised that no one has commented on this post. Though it presents an arguably simple scenario (from the tech stand point that I come from) the whole conceptual end of things this is great. The problem is getting others to agree with that logic. I think this is powerful reasoning that needs to be duplicated and out there more, in the sense that it should be something more readily available. Problem is, I think many teachers/other staff have gotten too into the factory model of the student to understand or accommodate such a high level of learning that these children demonstrated. “Giving students ownership of their own learning is more than an abstract idea. In an institutional environment where everything is bland and uniform, having an identity stands out. Ownership can be simple and concrete, like the idea of giving the carts names or decorating them. Suddenly, they become more than just the object by itself. They start to represent the children – and are special, just like the children themselves.”

Well put. I’m surprised that no one has commented on this post. Though it presents an arguably simple scenario (from the tech stand point that I come from) the whole conceptual end of things this is great. The problem is getting others to agree with that logic.

I think this is powerful reasoning that needs to be duplicated and out there more, in the sense that it should be something more readily available. Problem is, I think many teachers/other staff have gotten too into the factory model of the student to understand or accommodate such a high level of learning that these children demonstrated.

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