Comments on: Connected http://cac.ophony.org/2008/02/28/connected/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:17:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Hillary http://cac.ophony.org/2008/02/28/connected/#comment-30400 Hillary Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:52:14 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2008/02/28/connected/#comment-30400 Wow-- and all I got for free on my first day of college was a Frisbee from the Student Activities Center! But seriously, I do wonder about the "message" being sent to students about access to technology. It's interesting to think about a college creating a potential sense of entitlement around certain technological innovations, the equivalent of which may not realistically be within their grasp when they graduate from college.  Outside of its pedagogical pro's and con's, does a gift like this encourage students to lose track of the class dimensions involved in accessing  certain technologies? Wow– and all I got for free on my first day of college was a Frisbee from the Student Activities Center! But seriously, I do wonder about the "message" being sent to students about access to technology. It's interesting to think about a college creating a potential sense of entitlement around certain technological innovations, the equivalent of which may not realistically be within their grasp when they graduate from college.  Outside of its pedagogical pro's and con's, does a gift like this encourage students to lose track of the class dimensions involved in accessing  certain technologies?

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]]> By: Mikhail http://cac.ophony.org/2008/02/28/connected/#comment-30363 Mikhail Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:35:21 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2008/02/28/connected/#comment-30363 Interesting stuff, David. I agree, Diana, that here at CUNY we certainly face different challenges than our colleagues at small schools like ACU. That said, we will have content streamed for students' mobile phones very shortly -- probably by the end of this academic year. In this case, iPhones (or any kind of "smartphone") will become more useful for Baruch students and will probably become more common on campus. Will the school start giving them out to students? Probably not. Interesting stuff, David. I agree, Diana, that here at CUNY we certainly face different challenges than our colleagues at small schools like ACU. That said, we will have content streamed for students' mobile phones very shortly — probably by the end of this academic year. In this case, iPhones (or any kind of "smartphone") will become more useful for Baruch students and will probably become more common on campus. Will the school start giving them out to students? Probably not.

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]]> By: Diana http://cac.ophony.org/2008/02/28/connected/#comment-30323 Diana Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:16:10 +0000 http://cac.ophony.org/2008/02/28/connected/#comment-30323 I have to say, I don't see this as anything to get that excited about, and to me it represents a perfect example of misplaced educational resources.  As a teacher I see my students facing many challenges.  It really is not a problem that they can't electronically access course material 24/7.  I don't see how iphones will help improve their reading abilities, reading comprehension, critical thinking or writing.  Only teachers can do that and it takes an incredible amount of time, energy, patience, knowledge and training.  I WISH my biggest problem as a teacher was getting the course materials into the students' hands. I have to say, I don't see this as anything to get that excited about, and to me it represents a perfect example of misplaced educational resources.  As a teacher I see my students facing many challenges.  It really is not a problem that they can't electronically access course material 24/7.  I don't see how iphones will help improve their reading abilities, reading comprehension, critical thinking or writing.  Only teachers can do that and it takes an incredible amount of time, energy, patience, knowledge and training.  I WISH my biggest problem as a teacher was getting the course materials into the students' hands.

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