Atlanta school embraces mobile computing
In a recent article Education Week reports that a high school near Atlanta is embracing iPod Touches and other mobile handheld devices. The following are some quotes from the article:
Students can use their iPod touches in plain sight in Mark Schuler’s World History class at Roswell High School here.Roswell officials, unlike most of their counterparts around the country, have changed their view of the MP3 players, seeing them less as contraband and more as educational accessories. Educators at the 2,400-student school in suburban Atlanta are hoping to put more content at students’ fingertips and capture their interest by enlisting the digital tools today’s teenagers have already mastered for social and leisure purposes.“Five years ago iPods were banned, but we got overwhelmed with trying to discipline kids and fight the technology,” says Edward Spurka, the principal of Roswell High. “Our philosophy here now is let them have it, ..."
It is interesting that the principal concluded that it was a losing battle to ban the technology. Instead they are now trying to use it to further the students learning. This is just one of many schools across the country that has come to this conclusion.
