Week 7, Fischbowl Post 2

For this second post, I read the November 2007 blog post titled "Why Wireless?". I thought that this post had a lot of good points about schools having wireless Internet access for personal computers. I think that this should be the case in high schools overall. Mr. Fisch makes the point that students in school, even those of in college, need to be able to access to information.
This also all goes back to his ideas about technological literacy. In order for students to grow and learn, there needs to be greater access to technology. This is completely necessary in the technologically motivated world that we live in. In order to be technologically literate, students and teachers need access to information and materials. A great way to do that is to provide wireless Internet.

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Fischbowl Blog Reaction

This post from the Fischbowl is something we as future and current educators should consider. Technology is most certainly a way of life for us. Many people do not remember a time before the Internet, e-mail, Google, and instant updates on our iPhones. Also technology is something that each generation behind us is learning and using at earlier age and with more skill than we ever thought possible at the same age.
I know that now second graders and even as young as kindergartners are sitting down at the computer, accessing the Internet, and using it in their spare time and as part of their education. Being a technologically literate teacher is not an idea or a good thing to know, it is a must in the 21st Century classroom.

4K Class Blog

At Richard's Elementary School in Wisconsin, there is a fourth grade class using blogs. The teacher is Mary Kreul, but the ones you really get to know are the students. Each new post is by a student or two students working together. They are very interesting, often telling stories of some experience or about a class they like. I think this is a great way for a classroom to use a blog.

Mrs. Lowe using Blogs

I found one class in Missouri which is using blogs. The teacher, Mrs. Lowe has a blog where she posts things that happen in the classroom and also uses it to asks questions and post discussions for her students. Her class is elementary age students, fourth or fifth grade, I believe. The blog and website are at.
And here is a picture from the website

ACCESS Program

Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators, and Students Statewide (ACCESS) Program is an amazing addition to the classrooms in Alabama. This program allows students to use distance learning by having video conference classes and online courses added to their course offerings at their high school. ACCESS allows many students who never would have had the opportunity to take AP classes or other electives not offered at their school a chance to take them.
This resource allows students a chance at a 21st Century education and a chance to be able to compete better in college and the world around them. ACCESS also provides an opportunity for schools to have greater graduation rates and the ability for students to retake classes in order to "stay on track" to graduate.