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Technology leaving many New Jersey schools behind
Consumers may gobble up the latest iPad or smart phone, but financially strapped schools are having a harder time keeping up with technology.
Lisa Thumann, a senior specialist in Technology Education at Rutgers University, told teachers Wednesday at a Technology Conference at Richard Stockton College that there’s a misconception about how much technology exists in schools – a lot of it is old and does not work well anymore.
“There are still teachers with just one or two computers in their classroom,” Thumann said.
She said what students view online also deserves more scrutiny, as schools try to balance filtering out offensive and noneducational material with giving teachers and students broad access to information. (D’Amico, Press of Atlantic City)