| Technology, Resource, or Innovation |
Why Do You Want This? |
Possible Downsides |
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| PDA's or ipad |
Easy way for students to keep up with their assignments. There is no excuse for students not to have homework. |
A child could lose it, Could be costly, and may be hard for a child to understand how to work. |
| Texts online |
Saves resources and money and cuts down on the heavy books that kids have to carry. |
Presumes that all students have regular access to a computer. This may greatly inconvenience some students, so maybe it should just be optional. |
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| Electronic Notebook |
For students who prefer to hand-write their class notes can still write with a pen but the notes can be automatically transferred to the computer so they have an electronic copy as well as a hard copy. |
It could be expensive or not transfer to the computer properly or have trouble reading the hand-writing. |
| Smartboards |
Saves ink/chalk and makes it easier to show powerpoints write notes, etc. Notes can be saved for future refence, and everything you need for class is up on the board, right at your fingertips. |
Large monetary expense, if the technology breaks or goes down, there is no way to access the information. |
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