On page 439 of the 4th edition there is a picture of a boy in front of a bunch of TV monitors and a caption that reads, “Today’s world is fast-paced and technology-dependent, making technical fluency necessary. How technologically fluent do you consider yourself? Do you think most schools are prepared to address today’s technology needs?”
This made me think of the public schools here on Guam. I graduated from JFK a few years back. I’m not too sure how things are now but from what I can remember, we had very little computers in our school and most were outdated. Not a lot of students knew where the computer lab was and if they did, they rarely used them because they were so old and slow. I remember going to school in San Diego. I always heard complaints from my peers that their school was “ghetto” but little did they know how good they had it. They had at least one good quality computer in every single classroom.
Guam really needs to step it up in the technology department. One of JFK’s ESL’s or expected school-wide learning results is that their students become technologically literate. Computers are definitely a good way to start out. I know it’s easier said than done but as far as I know, it seems as if incorporating technology in the classrooms has been on the back burner for GPSS and the priority is textbooks. But then again, that’s just as far as I know. Do any of you know if GPSS is doing anything at all to try to incorporate technology in the classrooms?
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