http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20899109
That always pissed me off when I'd hear of kids expected to use the internet at home
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| Author: | pcernie [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Third of pupils without home internet |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20899109 That always pissed me off when I'd hear of kids expected to use the internet at home
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Third of pupils without home internet |
It's a big issue actually - so much of learning is moving to online sources these days. I try and keep as much as I can to physical handouts and put very little online for my lot. |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:13 pm ] | |||||||||
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Not just kids. Our son is in his first year at school. We're expected to log on to the "shared learning platform" at home and access resources and homework to print out for him to do. |
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| Author: | TheFrenchun [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:11 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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You definitely cannot expect children to have printers :S |
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| Author: | John_Vella [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:17 pm ] | |||||||||
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+1. I have been teaching English and Maths since September using a whiteboard, some markers and paper handouts. I even managed to do a "create effective PowerPoint presentations" course without access to a PC.  Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2 |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Third of pupils without home internet |
I've heard several parents complain that their young children *have* to have a laptop for school. I don't know how wide spread this is, or whether there are schemes to provide loan equipment or after-hours access to school facilities? I'm not passing judgement one way or another, but if you have several children then it's going to be expensive to maintain usable hardware even at today's relatively cheap prices. I remember in about 1980 when our school had to stop issuing calculators so we had to buy our own. It caused a huge outcry because not everyone could afford one, thus causing a digital divide. A little earlier than that, at primary school we used to be issued everything we needed including pens and books. That was stopped to a similar outcry, with poorer students unable to exercise their digital dexterity. A little before that, Thatcher snatched our milk. I guess that's probably when it all started to "go wrong". |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:10 pm ] | |||||||||
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If you don't have the internet or a printer at home, they let parents into the school one afternoon a week to use theirs to access it. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:04 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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What if the school is closed because of snow or some other reason? The school should have PC's and printers so that kids can print it out before they leave school not rely on the parents having this kit at home. |
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