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the schools are only 5 miles from each other and one is using whiteboards/chalkboards while the other has a robotics team

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America's public school are failing to prepare students for a future heavily reliant on technology.

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America's public school are failing to prepare students for a future heavily reliant on technology.

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Rashaad Lawton

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" unequal public schools" it depends on how the counties/states spend their money and if its not on the public schools it disadvantages the children  

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" unequal public schools" it depends on how the counties/states spend their money and if its not on the public schools it disadvantages the children  

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natalya carroll

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I agree that some schools lack technology that other schools have at their fingertips. It's very unequal in the way technology is distributed to some schools and not others. Without technology students lack opportunity.

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i found it interesting that the students who regularly use technology claimed they would have entirely different ambitions if they didn’t have access to technology. so what is happening to the students who have great ambition, but lack the tools to reach those goals? they aren’t.

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By 2020 70% of jobs will require technology experience

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Despite the schools being 5 miles from each other, you can see with some of the population. It seems that the school with technology is more advanced and has “more hopes and dreams” because they have access to it … which is sad for another students who don’t have access

Kiara

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If schools lack technology students will be less likely to have success in the real world because our society is so dependent on technology.

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Using technology is becoming more of a trend within schools but also with jobs. If schools aren’t using technology or not enough they are under preparing students for the future.

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Schools can be just 5 miles apart and have a large difference in the technology available to them

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Technology helps students to be engaged. It is a part of their daily life and when it is incorporated into their school life it helps them want to learn.

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Aspirations when it comes to technology 

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Aspirations when it comes to technology 

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I personally agree and disagree with the thought of technology controlling whether or not they will have a brighter future. I think that in ways, you do need technology. But it shouldn’t determine whether or not you can pursue certain things because the education system failed to provide better access to it for ALL students

Kiara

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When the schools that finally get access to some technology they have to share the devices and the internet is terribly slow so they can hardly use the devices and then are expected to take state exams on devices....

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Even when schools do have access to things like computers or I pads, they do not have access to the internet/wifi to utilize the technology to its fullest potential.

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statewide or even nationwide online assessments is a huge oversight for schools who cannot support that online connection. particularly striking to me.

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60% of teachers don't feel prepared to teach and use technology in the classroom

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Even when schools do have access to technology, teachers are not trained or educated enough to be able to positively utilize this technology to their student's benefit

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60% of teachers feel they are not adequate enough to teach students how to utilize technology within the classroom.

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“If we don’t close the digital divide our kids are going to be left behind in the global economy.”

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Many other countries are using technology in other countries and the United States are having trouble with funding everyone to have technology

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"If we don't close the digital divide our kids are going to be left behind in the global economy"

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Compared to other countries, if we don’t catch up to the standards of other countries. We won’t be as successful and will be stuck in a predicament because of it

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Schools want to use technology but they also have to put in consideration of the conditions of the schools before the use of technology, schools only get so much money

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while i do agree that technology can help with innovative STEM learning, i’d also agree that technology like vast online archives can help with humanities/liberal arts education; photoshop/digital art platforms with art etc.

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We think that because we're in America everything is better than other countries, but it's interesting how even Latin America has more access to technology than here. Which means that students are more capable of doing better things, set different goals, help their communities and have access to more resources to prepare for college.

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How can us as educators, address the situation of students being concerned that they won’t be as successful as students who have access to it daily? Most students in the film discussed that they need it to move onto other parts of their academic career.

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What can we do as future teachers and future parents to help to improve the lack of technology in schools. How do we make the government to invest in our students, how do we have access to this non-profit organizations?

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Not every country uses technology to be successful, I don’t think that’s necessarily based on technology. It falls back onto the standards we create and push onto educators to teach in the classroom. I think it’s based on foundation too

Kiara

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I wonder what factors a company like Verizon uses to choose which school they want to sponsor over another

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I agree that schools lack equal technology and that this can lead to lack of opportunity.

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If schools are not preparing students for a global world, we're all failing. It's not just how to use a computer, it's helping them for a whole new world with technology everywhere, it's preparing them for the future.

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One thing I would like to add to this topic is the fact that technology will have long term effects on students who use it constantly in schools. What are those long therm effects going to be? Kids are already rely so much on technology. Are we starting the kids too young?