Having too much stuff
Scott McLeod talks in this post about having too much stuff. It got me thinking about what stuff I’ve got and what stuff I’ve been promised.
Last year in my classroom I had:
Data projector
Shared digital camera
My laptop
Webcam
Headset and microphone
This year I have (added to the above):
PRS – Classroom response units
Scanner
3 networked and wired computers
Wireless keyboard
What I have coming (next term):
3 or 4 laptops for children to access (replacing the networked computers)
Is it too much? Certainly the number of cables linking everything are too much.
How much would it cost to have all the above reconfigured for wireless/ Bluetooth do you think?
Is this normal in your school district or do you get more equipment as a technology leader? Each teacher in our district gets a laptop and that is it. Some schools have done fundraisers, like mine, and have more…but I only have 4 stand alone computers now. They are talking about switching all of our computers for Apples, but nothing is sure. It seems like we are so behind!
Melanie