DBEJ #2 Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies/Learning Styles

Quote: "Most of the students have an iPod"

Response: I feel this is a dangerous assumption especially in poor rural areas like most of West Virginia. School districts that have trouble coming up with funds for federally mandated yet unfunded programs will not be able to keep up with the high cost of improving/upgrading technology regularly. "Rural schools are often hard-pressed to provide modern technology in regular programs for students." (Inman-Freitas, 200). This is a quote often found in journals, newspapers and legislative discussions. To assume students/parents in these areas would be able to is simply unrealistic. While technology has its place in the classroom and certainly many benefits we must not assume that all students will have the same access to the most recent state of the art devices.

References:
Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies/Learning Styles. (2011, May 19). In WikiBooks. Retrieved January 26, 2012, from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_Styles

Inman-Freitas, D. (2000). Efficient financial management in rural schools: common problems and solutions from the field. ERIC Digest, 1991(08),