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Wifi in School: The Student Perspective

12/9/2012

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I have been planning this blog post, since having a very interesting conversation with twitter pal, Heidi Hass Gable (@HHG), a couple of weeks ago.  We talked about the benefits of WiFi and how my teaching has evolved since my school went wireless.  So, I have been thinking about this post since then and was planning on writing about my transformation from "teacher at the centre of it all" to another body blending into the crowd...you have heard it before-- "The guide on the side instead of the sage on the stage".  That sort of thing...and it is all true and it has been an amazing journey!

But then the nature of this post switched...

My friend and teaching partner, Hugh McDonald (@HughTheTeacher) gave our students WiFi as the topic for their blog post this week...and now my perspective doesn't seem as important anymore...instead here is what our students think about how WiFi and how it has changed their learning.
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Ruqaiyah is in grade 6.
I absolutely love her thoughts on sharing her learning; "In our class we have e-portfolios and we put our best work and achievements online so the world can see them and inspire other people such as teachers.  Sharing your knowledge with people is a really important thing because you can help someone create something amazing just by sharing your ideas".  How brilliant!
Another 6th grade student, Sarah, wrote, "We need wifi in school because it’s You can talk to other people around the world about the project that we are doing like the globel read aloud about a book called the one and only ivan which is amazing talking to other schools about it".
And here is Indy's blog:
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Amanjot, a grade 7 student, points out that  "With wifi you have a variety of ways of getting research done, you have pictures and videos. In math now we are making a arcade game and we need to learn all the learning outcomes. Most of the people in my class don’t know how to do circumference. So they search it on you tube".

Students taking charge of their own learning?  Sounds good to me!

Marianne, a grade 7 student brought up a few different benefits, one being presentations.  She stated, "We also use it a lot for presentations, such as PowerPoints, creating websites or just writing something on Word. It’s more interesting to be able to learn it by creating it and using many cool features than just writing it on a poster. Other students that may be watching the Powerpoint will be engaged in it and taking a lot of information in".

I could keep going and going, or if you are interested please check out all our blogs at kidblog.org/mrszisclass-2.  We would love to hear your comments!  

The children have spoken, and they see the benefits that WiFi has had on their education: the sharing with a global community, the ability to create and share their ePortfolios, iPad math games, etc.  It is a part of the way we learn now and gives us so many opportunities.

What do you think?  Has it changed the way you teach or the way your students learn?
9 Comments
david link
12/15/2012 07:57:37 am

Wi Fi blankets children with high frequency pulsed microwave radiation that causes dna damage and a host of other biological problems that have been confirmed through many studies. no less than 5 studies showed sperm damage from wi fi radiation. this technology will lay waste to future generations unbeknownst to most people and most people don't care to know. People think because it is ubiquitous it is safe but think of tobacco, asbestos, plastics, pesticides, etc. All products were marketed like cell phones and wi fi with no pre market safety testing. So it goes-- the tragedy is already unfolding with school children reporting illnesses, more are dying of heart attacks due to disruption in thei electrical system within the body.

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Nick Jackson
2/18/2013 03:08:13 pm

David, through the power of the Internet you should be able to find a few of those peer reviewed studies to back up your claims!

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david link
2/19/2013 01:48:47 am

yes. all i have to do is go to my website. here's studies if you want them but what are you going to do with them?

http://www.wirelesswatchblog.org/science/

Gallit Zvi
12/18/2012 02:48:16 am

Thank you for your comment, David.

We did talk about the cons of wifi as well and some of the things that we can do to minimize our exposure (just in case), students are making a real effort to keep the laptops on the table tops and off their laps. Students also read an article about cell phones and they try to use speaker phone more often than holding the phone to their heads.

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david link
12/18/2012 04:27:11 am

check out my website: http://www.wirelesswatchblog.org
check sections on wi fi schools & science. wi fi has a limited life span as it is limiting ours and especially children who are far more susceptible to RF from this technology

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