Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Integrating technology in education



What if.......
What if our classroom had a class set of either e-readers (Kindle or Nook, etc), I Pads, or netbooks?  Would they help your learning?  How so?  In what way do you think it would be best to use them?

71 comments:

  1. i think if we useed ipads in class people might be more excited and intrested to learn and read because we would be using electronics.

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  2. I think u should get the i-pad b-c they are alsome

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  3. i think we should have ipads because they are interesting and its more likley to pay atension to an i pad because there cool and not a plane old boring board

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  4. My brother has an ipad and it came with the app ibooks and he has a lot of books on it. So it would be good to find books and if we had wifi we could go on the schools internet and go on the web pages.

    Natalie C. Period 1

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  5. I think we should have e-Readers like the kindel or nook because then we could have all the books we need right on it. It would be easier to have them because instead of having text books we could just use the e-Reader. Text books take up alot of room in students lockers which could make them disorganized by trying to shove everything in their locker. Thats why we should have e-Readers instead. Also its always diffucult to get a class set of books to get enough and it would'nt matter if we had e-Readers. Also you dont have to worry if somone alread had your book or if the book is not held in the library. e-Readers would make a difference @ school
    Jessica M. period1

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  6. i think it is a good idea to get ipads because not only would we be able to read books but we could take notes on them so we would waste less trees and not have so much to carry to language arts in the morning.

    Erin D. :)

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  7. I think that it would be a good idea to have netbooks or ipads or something like that beacuse it could possibly help with the learning of students. It could help with learning beacuse most students like to learn with tecknolagy and they pay more attention to what is going on in class, beacuse like study island there is a certain amount of questions so they try to learn the things fast and get to play a game, after they pass a quiz with a certain amount of questions.


    ~Alorra T

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  8. ethan eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeApril 6, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    we want ipads grrrrrrr:p

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  9. we should get the i pad 2 because then we can skype.
    reese c

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  10. I think that kidles would be the best choice because they have only the choice of reading a book. I think they would help us because it would make reading and learning fun for most of us. I know it would for me because I don't have any of the choices Mrs.O'Brien listed. I think we should use them for reading if we get any of the choices.
    Anna Marie period 1

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  11. I think that icorperating and iPad or Netbook into the classroom is a good idea, because it will provide kids to keep at there own pacea and having a personal experince with them would be a way to add help to kids or the classroom, however, this may be bad because some may be distarcted or confused by the iPad or Netbook. All in all L would say that incorperating these to our classroom is a good idea!

    ~Evan M

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  12. ATM 1 period says Ipads would really help us learn better because 1. if we are doing book clubs we dont have to bring our books to class becase it would already be on the Ipad 2. in math we alredy have a calculator on the Ipad.

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  13. I think we should get kindle cuz if we got ipads then all people would do is play games

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  14. We should get 3G nooks because we'd just fool around on Ipads


    ABCDEF-L!

    C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER

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  15. I think kindles would help the class the most they are easy to use and cost less than text books.we could use them in our reading book units.you could hilight passages and write notes in the book where you would normally have use sticky notes. you can also transfer books from one book to another so that it costs less to do that than buying a whole set of books. we are also saving trees by using kindles insed of books.

    -anna .s

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  16. I think that having an iPad or Kindle would be good for us because the iPad would help us with spelling because they have a built in spell check. It would also be more effective than carrying around a load of books. They are also more in style so students will be more willing to learn.
    Tarah Eastwood Period 1

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  17. we should get i~padds cause i think it would be better than getting a whole bunch of books that the students are just gonna lose and plus it might make reading funner

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  18. I think we should get this new device called the Xoom. It's by Motorola and it's just like the I pad, same size but better color and it's faster and you can download the kindle app on it and it's very handy I'm very glad I have it:)
    Emily L. Period 2.

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  19. I think we should use kindles because they are easy to hold and use + it is easy to put in back pack.

    noah 2 period

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  20. I agree with Ethan E**ns (:

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  21. I dont know what we should get because i think theres a bigger chance of someone breaking an i-pad because my brother cracked his the other day, so probally we should get kindle's because they can help us with reading and we dont have 2 waste paper to print out paper for little stories. But another problem with kindles is the books coste a ton of money.

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  22. i think we should have i pads because we will pay more attention to the i pads then then the board and it will have us wanting to learn when we are in language arts so thats why we should have the i pads for the school

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  23. i think we shoud get i pads becuse they are cool and you can do alot more stuff on it then just having a boring kindles

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  24. I think we should have i pads because they are fun to use and no one really pays attention to the teacher because we want electronics.That is why i think we should have i pads:)
    Allison O.
    Period 3

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  25. Hi! I agree with many people's comments about getting an e-Reader. Sure they may cost money, but they would lighten the amount of things to take to language arts every day. They have bookmarks that can be placed anywhere and also can hold notes. Those who own e-Readers should bring them in sometime, I own a kindle and i would like to bring it in! They would help the school a lot! Timmy D. 3rd Period

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  26. I think we should because for viual learners it would be easier to learn and we could use them for our novel units and if we get an ipad my be they will have microsoft word so we can type our reports in the class room -annemarie g

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  27. we should get ipads cuz they could help us learn , and i might bother to pay attention in class if we have them cuz their awesome.

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  28. i think that instead of buying normal school suplies (such as binders and pencils) that you can buy a netbook. they would be very useful for typing and researching and instead of using normal textbooks you could use the online versions. they are better for the environment because you do not have to use paper. With the 21st centurie being the age of technolegy, i think that typing on a computer would be a good skill to learn for future jobs.

    -Sarah J. <3 period 4

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  29. i think we should because we wouldnt have to carry all our things to your class. by jessica blankenship

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  30. i think we should have ipads because we wont have to carry around books for language arts. also on ipad you can get books in the library thing on it. just like e readers oyu can take notes. plus you dont have to waste a lot a paper and i think it would be really great to have it in class!
    -mackenzie 4th period

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  31. their funnier than normal schoolo. so .. yeah ...... :)

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  32. I think we should get ipad cuzz ther sweet! and we could use them for lookin up books,interet, and it would make school funner!!!and we dont have to waste paper :):)~~NIKKI K:)~~

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  33. i think the kindle is the best because it has no glinting screen and is much cheaper than the ipad or netbook.

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  34. We should have netbooks because then we don't have to us notebooks, pancils, and folders. It would be a lot easier because we won't have to carry everything to our classes!!!

    ~kk~

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  35. hello there young people... hahaha jkk anyways!!! i have a ipad and like i dont think theres anything smart like 2 do with an ipad cuz like with mine all i do is like go on apps and basicaly its like a bigger ipod touch!!! and so umm ya i think nettybooks would be better bcuz like then the adults dont hsve worry bout apps and all tht but like umm ya... idk cuz like the school has NO money!! hahahah lolzzz so ya!

    NETTTYBOOK: YES<3
    IPAD:UMM..MAYBE
    KINDLE:.. WHO READS ANYMORE? HA JK


    kay! bye(:
    -andi sabo:)

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  36. i think we should get netbooks because we can do more with the netbooks than with the i pads because you can go any were you could probaly like get textbooks and stuff any ways pretty much any thing we get would be cool soo ya and we could have flassdrives to take home and finish on our own computor!! :)

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  37. I think that we should definetly be able to get Ipads because if were allowed to rent stuff for band and orchestra we should be able to rent Ipads

    -Matt H. sixth period

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  38. we could get a netbook or a ipad. we could use the netbook for notes and the ipad for book club
    emilym block 6 :)

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  39. I think an ipad would be cool to have, but netbooks would be the most educating thing. Ipads dont have enough learning in it.A kindle is just reading and to learn you need more than reading. So yeah, i choose nettyybooks and thats why i agree with andi Sabo.<3

    --JENNA:) Period.6

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  40. I think we should have I~pads because we can go on the internet and use study island and go on the school website plus you can text through your I~pads so we don't have to have a cell phone for phone day we can just use I~pads

    ~*~Sarah W~*~ <3 :)

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  41. i think ipads would be the best.Having the ipads would save trees and also you could get an app that you can read books on. Even getting e reader would work, but with e reader it would only really work for language arts.But with ipads you can use it for all subjects.

    Emily K period 6

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  42. I think that we should get Ereaders. If we got Ereaders then we could download books from the library and wouldn't have to pay like we would with kindles. Kids could have more options of books to read in book clubs and group activites like that because you wouldn't be limited by the amount of copies. Other subjects might also be able to use them too.
    Hanna M.,6th Period

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  43. I agree with Ethan E. :) I rather have I`Pads then anything

    ~*~Sarah W.~*~

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  44. Andy S.

    I think we should use the knidle because they're cheaper than I Pads ($100 or $550) so we can have more kindles. We could download books and read as a class on them, they also have cases I think so they'll be well protected!

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  45. i dont think we should get an ipad cus kids will probably drop it and brake it and it is a lot of money and why do we need it?

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  46. i think we should have ipads because u can take notes on them and you can get ebboks. also you can get a (free) texting app where you could do the texting thing on the board. you could also have all of us in a big Convorsation on our Ipads where you could teach us stuff.

    Andrew F. Period 6

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  47. i think that we could get net books becuz kindles would be like kinda boring because all yo do is read and i pads all people would do is play on apps sooo like we should get a net book that would be relly fun and you can go like anywere!!!!!!!! so ya LETS GET NETBOOKS!!!!!

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  48. Hey Mrs. O'B!
    Kyle A. here from block 6. I would love iPads because they would have internet. That way, no more computer labs! It would also be nice for learning lessons on books we read. See you later!!!
    ~Kyle A., 6th block

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  49. trevor i want ipads they are cooler and you can fool around on them they can also be used as calculators you can read books on them and they have more harddrive space you can also do learning games on the web like study island coolmathgames.com and funbrain
    caleb b*****d

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  50. I really dont know what to get becuz i dont have any thing like that but ipods sound pretty cool. and the netbook offer alot of educational perposes

    see ya! elizabeth s. 6period

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  51. IPADS!!! we really should have them because it can have all those learning websites and even maybe a study island app could be on there. and it would have the right internet thing. same with ebooks because they have a heypad. you could even have them for the reading units we could downlaod the books on those and they could have a certain amount of them for each reading group. agree with andrew f because he said we could do the texting thing on the board for the people who dont have a phone
    7 block study hall

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  52. My opinion is that we should get an ereader becuse what else would we do with an i pad, or what the other thing was!
    i also thinkthat instead of the mimio
    we should get a smart board its a giant mimio pad that is interactive by a pen thing and its JUST like a mimio ecept its as big as a white bord!

    and the kindle since u have to pay to get books its like paying to pay for books!

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  53. I think we shuld get a E-Reader because it will be most use full.
    Drew

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  54. e- reader is what we need!!!!!!!!

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  55. wow these are a lot of commments.. I think and agree with everyone that said e-reader. Because i-pads you can take note on....and it is really hard to type on them (well at least it is for me) Or a net book because on a netbook you can type your notes and we take a great amount of notes! Plus when we plan on going to the computer lab we dont have to! we can just sit at our own seats and have our own computer to go on! But we can;t read books on it... but you cant go on the internet on the e-reader...but you can get books from our library for free! Hmmm this is a really hard decision... well i think either an E-Reader or a Netbook.
    Carly Schmit :) <3

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  56. there is really no other rwason to get an ipad or net book! just because there cool doesnt meen we need them

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  57. I agree with Maria C. :) Any electronics we get people will be excited!!
    Carly S. :)

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  58. We shood get ipads cuz we can go on the web wit them & we wood b able 2 blog also we can read books off of it!
    ~TheKid! :DDDDDDD

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  59. IPAD ALL THE WAY! :D
    KYLEA H. <3

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  60. I think we should get the NetBook. With the netbook, we can go on the internet instead of using the computer labs. We can take notes on Microsoft word. If we missed a day we could look at the webpage, if we missed a day. We could find online books. We could blog on here, etc.
    Alexis

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  61. i think we should get i pads because there awesome and there are educational appps we can get from the app store and because they can go on the internet we dont have to rent out the computer labs
    reese c

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  62. we can do the same thing on i pads alexis

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  63. i think we should get netbooks. the reason is that they are better for the enviornment and you can get books on the computer and acess all are textbooks. i don't think ipads because they have a gyroscope and two cameras so I can't see them being energy effecient. and not ebooks. the reason is all you have on theeem is books not this blog or school wbsites. I think that is all and i hope this works 'cause last time it didn't work :( but now it should at home. :)



    Spencer L

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  64. I think more people would pay attention and be more interested in it

    Andrew Stewart

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  65. I Agree Every one would be more interested in reading books from electronic deviced because it wouldnt be as boring as reading it on of a book :D

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  66. I think we should just stick to paper books because people would mess around if they had ipads in class

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  67. get ipads cuz we can play games on them

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  68. i think that would be smart so readiing would be more fun

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  69. i like ipod touches better because ipad is sort of useless because anything on ipad you can do on ipod touch. and i love my ipod touch its very useful when you have nothing to do and its very useful for school because everyone has one and it will be more entertaining rather than sitting there reading books that can become overdue and then you have to pay a fee :)

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  70. trevor thompson u r wrong u would be the only one to play games on ur ipod

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