This month my teacher is Dorothy Burt and she is a teacher in Auckland, New Zealand. In her post, she blogs about the idea of using computers to take exams. Each of her students have their own personal netbook that they are able to use for classroom activities. From her research, she found that the students score higher when using the netbooks for written exams. I think it's a great idea because I know most students do well typing and they can type faster than they can write with a pen or pencil. The problem with this idea for our area though is the cost. Most public schools in Mobile (or should I say all) do not have the money to purchase a netbook for each student. The students could use the public computers in the schools to take certain exams and see if their scores improve.
Comment #2
This week I commented on Mrs. Burt's post titled, "Student Reflections." 90 students between the grades 5 through 8 chose to respond after using Netbooks in the classroom for 1 year. There was a lot of positive feedback regarding the use of Netbooks for their school work. Most of the students seemed to dislike the act of physically writing, but enjoyed doing their work more then they were able to type. This even applied to the poor typists. Netbooks allow the students to be able to post more to their blogs and they are doing so because they know others are able to read their work. Before the use of their Netbooks, the only person reading their work was their teacher which doesn't give them much inspiration. There were few negatives, mostly dealing with slow internet and battery life. In my comment, I told Mrs. Burt what a great idea it is to allow the students to reflect on their use of the Netbooks. I hope that one day the school that I work in will be able to incorporate some type of technology into the classrooms.
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