Several schools across America simply cannot afford to provide students
with adequate resources to become 21st century learners. High poverty areas are
seeing overcrowding and inadequate teachers in their schools. (Darling-Hammond,
2010) Technology is not a high priority in schools such as these. They are
facing limited resources, such as books and materials for their students as it
is, without trying to create funds for extra technology.
Creating smaller groups for schools is one I see as a major challenge in large
districts with limited funding. They just cannot afford to hire more teachers
or to add classrooms in overcrowded areas. Smaller class sizes help ensure more
one on one time with the teacher and a more personalized curriculum. Ideally
every classroom would be twenty or less students. I see this as a perfect
number. Smaller classrooms can equalize time on the available technology for
students. When you have five computers per classroom of around twenty students,
they will be able to have more time to access those computers compared to a
classroom of twenty-five or more.
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