This Weeks Class Discussion

I thought this weeks class discussion was a good one. We went over so many topics. The one I feel the most important was the cost of technology. With budget cuts many schools can not afford the new technology that is coming out, plus technology is growing so fast that by time a school gets the technology its out dated. More importantly though, is with schools not being able to afford the technology, it is hurting their students. The whole world evolves around technology and students need to learn the new technology so they can succeed when they enter out into the work force.

There is ways though for teachers and schools to get money. They can apply for various technology grants that are out there for schools. They can have fundraisers. Schools must find ways to get the new technology into the schools and into the classrooms for students use. If we refuse to do this our students are going to be way behind, where the schools that can afford it, their students will be way ahead entering into college and the work force.

This brings me to another subject we talked about, which is the school funding situation in Ohio. This gets me so fired up talking about it. The funding system needs to be changed. They can not keep expecting towns and communities to keep passing levies to pay for the schools. For one older people in these towns and communities can not afford it. Ohio state legislature was suppose to change this way back in the early 90's when the court system said they had to. However, instead of changing the system they added profiency test and forgot about the school funding system. Now we are onto the Ohio graduation test and we still haven't changed the funding system. Something has to be done and hopefully soon.