http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2008/03/13/lucky-or-deliberate/ A "teacher to go" blogs about teaching, technology, and education in general Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:03:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2008/03/13/lucky-or-deliberate/#comment-73 thinkteach Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:14:44 +0000 http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2008/03/13/lucky-or-deliberate/#comment-73 I absolutely agree with you. The greatest frustration about the schools with limited acess is even collecting data on them. I have been trying to find a source that has stats on classrooms with NO access to share the web with students IN the regular teaching environment. Because these teachers and students are not on the web to tell us about themselves, collecting data on them is very difficult. I <a href="http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2008/03/03/classroom-75-not-20/" rel="nofollow">posted on this very recently</a> . If you know of any great ways to FIND these folks, I could use it for a project I have brewing. The goal: to help them out! I absolutely agree with you. The greatest frustration about the schools with limited acess is even collecting data on them. I have been trying to find a source that has stats on classrooms with NO access to share the web with students IN the regular teaching environment. Because these teachers and students are not on the web to tell us about themselves, collecting data on them is very difficult. I posted on this very recently . If you know of any great ways to FIND these folks, I could use it for a project I have brewing. The goal: to help them out!

]]> http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2008/03/13/lucky-or-deliberate/#comment-71 lhuff Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:01:22 +0000 http://blog.teachersfirst.com/thinkteach/2008/03/13/lucky-or-deliberate/#comment-71 I am a fellow rural teacher, teaching in Arkansas. The Internet does have the power to be the great leveler that affords small rural school students and teachers the same opportunities enjoyed by larger urban schools. I'm fortunate, I have six computers in my classroom and access to a computer lab. I wonder, though, if a disparity exists in simply access to computers. A couple years ago, I taught in a neighboring district with no classroom computers and access to a library with about fifteen computers. In our own state, there is a divide in access. I read about 1:1 programs (with great envy!) and see schools in my own state still lacking classroom computers, still lacking wireless access, still lacking computer lab access. I am a fellow rural teacher, teaching in Arkansas. The Internet does have the power to be the great leveler that affords small rural school students and teachers the same opportunities enjoyed by larger urban schools. I’m fortunate, I have six computers in my classroom and access to a computer lab. I wonder, though, if a disparity exists in simply access to computers. A couple years ago, I taught in a neighboring district with no classroom computers and access to a library with about fifteen computers. In our own state, there is a divide in access. I read about 1:1 programs (with great envy!) and see schools in my own state still lacking classroom computers, still lacking wireless access, still lacking computer lab access.

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