Ed Norman Syndrom:
At my Site this is the rule, not the exception. We have a technology person who is actually from the high school, and we get the services of this person for a half day per week. The restrictions are so great that I cannot load anything on the computers with this persons agreeance. For example, our math curriculum is Prentice Hall and we can use student tutorial discs or intervention software. However, I have yet to have the student tutorial for pre-algebra loaded on my computers. Also, I have discovered interesting math Websites such as mathgrad.com and virtual manipulatives but am unable to access these sites. I feel very limited to what I am able to do in the class. Last week I was looking on the Net for a coordinate plan so that I could place it on the overhead, of course the site was blocked.
Another block is of emails. My class room website allows for students and parents to email, but the blocking software of the District picks this up as Spam and blocks my emails. Also, I cannot access my personal email at the Site. It seems my main methods of communicating with students and parents has been hendered or at times, stopped. It is difficult for me to understand the thought process behind purchasing the technology and refusing to allow the tools to be used as intended.
This week was spent responding to Blogs and writing my first project and beginning project two.
At my Site this is the rule, not the exception. We have a technology person who is actually from the high school, and we get the services of this person for a half day per week. The restrictions are so great that I cannot load anything on the computers with this persons agreeance. For example, our math curriculum is Prentice Hall and we can use student tutorial discs or intervention software. However, I have yet to have the student tutorial for pre-algebra loaded on my computers. Also, I have discovered interesting math Websites such as mathgrad.com and virtual manipulatives but am unable to access these sites. I feel very limited to what I am able to do in the class. Last week I was looking on the Net for a coordinate plan so that I could place it on the overhead, of course the site was blocked.
Another block is of emails. My class room website allows for students and parents to email, but the blocking software of the District picks this up as Spam and blocks my emails. Also, I cannot access my personal email at the Site. It seems my main methods of communicating with students and parents has been hendered or at times, stopped. It is difficult for me to understand the thought process behind purchasing the technology and refusing to allow the tools to be used as intended.
This week was spent responding to Blogs and writing my first project and beginning project two.
Labels: Session 7
posted by Coach lynn at 9:16 AM
4 Comments:
It seems that your district wants to keep a strict one on the staff and students. It makes it hard for technolgy to help you if you can't even use it for what you need. The district must have a very detailed list of content of what should be blocked from the internet.
Hi Robert,
I feel that I have a little more luck than you. My students and I can get to all of the automotive web site without any blockage.
The problem I always have is the students do not spend time on the sites that they supposed to spend time on. Instead, they log on something else to waste time. In this case, I am completely for the standardization.
Each of my students at MSJC is assigned an e-mail address. They must have the e mail address to log on the Honda Program to practice the Honda Modules for their certification. Can you guess that most of them do not use this e mail (for their homework).
So much for the technology. Sometime when some one need to use it, and they cannot as in your case. Sometime when someone have it avilable, and they do not use it as in my students case.
De Nguyen
I also teach math and I just went on the internet Tuesday during class time to pull a .jpg of the x-y axes for use on the overhead. Unfortunately, you cannot make sure of the CDs that come with the textbook or use some of the better math websites that are out there.
I do not believe the school should block your personal emails from your access on your computer. I believe that if you are a teacher at the school, you should have full assess to the internet and email. It is like you are responsible enough to teach the students, but not responsible enough to be allowed on the internet. It is just not right!
James
How frustrating. I've often hoped that teachers could adopt email for better parental communication. Here is a teacher that does this, but the system blocks it. That is an example of poor technology use at the school level!
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