Hi Lucie and all,

I would recommend desktops for only two employees in any school. They are the secretary and the custodian. My reasoning.

Computers that are tethered do not

• enable teachers to take them to meetings
• enable teachers to take them home - I find the most effective way to have teachers learn the capabilities of computers is 
• to give them the tools they need to work at home
• to use a laptop to put together the family reunion photos
• to have their own kids show them the ease of the movie making tools
• promote a sense that the computer is an always available tool
• Tamara get the laptop and take notes for the class
• Isaac will get the laptop, anytime you hear a word you don't understand raise your hand and he will look it up.
• You five take the laptop down to the gym and record the measurements we discussed.
• Jasmine and Phillip, take the laptop to a quiet space and take turns reading the book into the microphone. We'll send a copy of the audacity file to the First Grade.
• Khamal take the laptop when you interview the principal, record it, take notes and don't forget to take a picture of the two of you together.
• promote collaboration with neighboring classrooms
• do more than the one thing they are currently relegated to: If the following are true, even the cost of a desktop is too expensive.
• I don't need a laptop because I only use it to enter attendance in powershool
• I keep it hooked up to the smart board or project.

My two cents.

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Jane Wilde

Geek, learner, teacher, trainer

Faculty Marlboro College Grad School
Student Advisor, ETAP, University at Albany

Doctoral student, University at Albany

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