Good morning,
Today I woke up, full of energy for my day and ready to teach. I have to wonder though, since we are hybrid/remote for who knows how much longer, how many computers and internet connectivity problems I'll have to fix today. How many of my computers that I donated to my classroom will break, or whether the school issued chromebook will crash again, or whether goguardian will stop working. If we treated this like a priority, here's what I would have in my room:
a) A google jamboard or a touchscreen whiteboard running a jam (6k)
b) A fast desktop running a) with a great webcam and mic that follows me/the sound in the room ($1500)
c) a laptop I could present from or beam to the chromecast from ($800) running ubuntu
d) A large display to just run the meet so the students could see each other ($400)
e) Ipad for writing on the jamboard ($800) with an apple pen ($150)
f) Wacom drawing tablet to write math problems from my laptop ($500)
I already have approximated most of these things, with my donated stuff and my purchases, but what if every teacher in the US had these things? What if students had something better than chromebooks, and fast internet at every house? What 21st century skills could we teachers be preparing them for?
Anyway, that's my wish list. I'd want a true laptop for each student and teacher, and investment in the infrastructure of the internet so every family could have 100mbps or better internet with good wifi.
Please retweet and teachers - what is on your wish list?
Have a great day all,
~Mark
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