OS and student use – April 10 2008
Posted by Lois on 8th July 2008
Great Podcast from the ICT guy (ICTGUY0804 – Voice Thread, Remote Access & 1 to 1 Podcast number 4 April 7th, 2008. )- The impact of Operating Systems (OS) on the way that students and teachers work was very interesting. Comparing the 3 OS, Windows, Mac and Linux and what the computer comes with suggests what they will be used for. The Mac systems come with a creative suite of tools that students use to create multimedia products, the Linux system comes with very little hard drive space but links to online communities encouraging collaborative and communicative work, while the Windows machines come with the Microsoft Office products suggesting that they will be used for….
An interesting idea but isn’t that often how change actually takes place. For example if we want to start using the intranet in our school as the main form of communication to reduce paper we actually have to stop giving people the option. Change will only genuinely happen when we eliminate the alternative- that is the paper version.
If this is true then educators can affect a change in the way students use computers through the operating systems of the computers so they must consider carefully what they want for their learning community when they are providing technology for the classroom.
In this podcast there was also a great recording from a conference about the benefits of one laptop per student in classrooms.
ICTGUY0804 – Voice Thread, Remote Access & 1 to 1 Podcast number 4 April 7th, 2008.
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