Labs Vs Distributed

Access

Disadvantages

1. The downfall of  many ILS (Integrated Learning System) Labs

• Typically Aide Facilitated & Classroom Teacher Absent

• Typically classroom integration is lacking

• Typically too expensive & Limited use through scheduling problems

ROLE of the LAB

• Easiest way to disseminate the greatest amount of information usually at the lowest levels of mastery (daily schedule)

• Everyone on the same skill, same page, at the same time (daily schedule)

• Everyone at the same Mastery Level --preferably Levels 3-5, but typically Levels 1-3 (selective schedule)

• "Solitaire" Syndrome Vs the Collaborative Learning Environment -- reflex over reflection

B. Distributed Access

-- Typically 1 to 10 stations in each classroom

1. Cooperative Learning Roles (handout) -- Social Interaction and human touch (reflection over reflex)
2. SCANS (handout)-- team work, resource management, time management, mentorships, and problem-solving, negotiation and communication skills
3. Ethics & Acceptable Use Policies -- "brains without restrains"
4. Opportunity for teacher-guided products at Mastery Levels 4 & 5 ("gestalt")
5. Oppotunity to teach What Employers Want.

C. Role of the Budget--To be Curriculum-driven

What is it that you want children to be able to do?

Principles of Effectiveness

Senerio:  You are given 1 million dollars for technology in your district.  What is your first course of action?  .