Best of Fischbowl 2007 (March)

As i began looking for another blog by Karl Fisch, I ran across one of his blog topics titled "Why Wirelss?", and it immediately caught my attention. This blog that he wrote is an arguement about why schools should have wireless internet access for personally owned devices. The first reason that Fisch gives is the fact that there are tons of resources online that students can access to help them in their classess. They can access information directly from the schools website, or they can access information from the entire internet. Fisch also argues that students today are enrtering a world where they must continuously be learning if they want to be successful. If they have access to online resources, they will be able to do this. Students will be able to gather more information quickly, and will also gain experience using the internet at the ame time.

Fisch also states that students need to be engaged through media outside the walls of their high school. The internet and other technology is an excellent tool that can be used to further educate your students. Also, he makes an excellent point by saying that students need to be prepared for what life is going to be like when they are older, not how it was years ago. They need to be prepared for a technology filled future, and it all starts in the classroom. Student's futures today are very unpredictable, and they need to be continuously learning and able to teach themselves. Internet in the classrooms may not be the direct solution,but it is a great tool to do so.