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What will students be doing?
Hmm... I've written this a couple of times. Perhaps it's that I've been reading [|Gary Stager's blog] this afternoon but when I re-read what I've written, it sounds more like the Jetsons than something just 3-5 years out. Oh well, I'll go ahead and post this and see what comes of it. Students will be actively engaged in their learning. When appropriate, digital tools will be a key part of that engagement. Students may be working in a small group, reading independently, or listening to a teacher or fellow student. They may be working through an individual learning module on a laptop or some other digital appliance. (What will the iPod Touch look like in five years?) Students will be using digital tools like probes or sensors to gather and analyze data. When not doing something in real life they will be building and running simulations to build their understandings. They will construct their understandings in ways that solve problems in meaningful ways. Digital tools will be a key part of the way students gather, synthesize, and construct information. Also, these tools will be a key way for students to reflect and report on their learning i.e. blogs, wikis, photos, and movies. (Think educational Facebook. Social Networking is not going away.) Digital tools will help free them from time constraints and the constraints of their location so they can learn what they need to learn when they are ready for it. As a few others have already said, the kids will be listening to music and I'm sure some will be playing the odd game too.1190510935

- The school will be interconnected through the use of wireless networks and shared online communication programs such as MSN, Facebook and other social networking sites. Students feel free to use any technology available to them, and feel that technology is reliable and easily accessible. Students are able to pass and share ideas among peers, not only from school but also from the comfort of their own home. Online debates also consist of the more "shy" people, who are able to have a voice in the discussion. Expect discussions to go way off-topic. At school, students can use laptops freely, and there are sufficient laptops with only necessary programs as to prevent slowing down the computer systems. In science labs, students learn to use technology to more accurately take measurements and compute calculations. Students can teach each other, and in the library after school, younger kids relax by playing a game or two from an online source. 1190374214

Students will be accessing needed documents from home and participating in discussion groups on-line. In class, a teacher trains a small group on the use of a piece of equipment and that group then trains their classmates. Small groups or individuals use wireless classroom laptops as needed in classrooms, hallways, the library, etc. Technology tools in the classroom are viewed as a resource no different from text or resource books, pencils or paints, and that ithey are to be used freely when it makes sense to do so. All students know how and when to access them, and feel confident that they can do so independently or get help from their teacher or their classmates when they need it. 1190349824

-An ISB pupil will be able to access support for learning in multiple languages. An ISB pupil will be able to track his or her own progress in every subject at any time in any place through some kind of student management system.

-A group of eight students is gathered around a large table in the MS/HS library/media center, each with a laptop computer, surrrounded by various papers, books, bags, etc. All the students are accessing a shared wiki that is part of the classes online learning portal, recording and reading their ideas and discussions on their HS English class assignment on the 'The Great Gatsby'. Each of the students also has a variety of other applications loaded, including two or three email clients, one the official school email tool, a music player, blog sites and a couple have chat clients loaded. While the conversation continues, one student is working on a search engine, and cross-checking the ownership of and links to a web site about the 'The Great Gatsby'. Two of the group are looking at one laptop, and debating the merits of a passage listed in an online journal that the library subscribes to.1190086114

-You will see students working alone or in small, temporary, organic groups. They will be moving around the learning environment. Students will be working on different things at different times. They will be using ICT to retrieve, organize and store information, collaborate, and publish. They will be in direct contact with primary sources of the information they gather. Students will complete assessment tasks using ICT when THEY are ready and they may have multiple chances to retake as they learn.They will be using a variety of ICT tools. Students will be teaching each other and the teacher. hey will be playing games. They will create works that add value to the community and beyond. It will be noisy. 1190034473

-Students will be effectively collaborating, sharing, and producing work using a variety of ICT tools; students will make thoughtful and responsible choices about the best ICT tool to complete a task. 1190029442