JIMCOM, BITCOM... (2.11.11)
In today's session we were presented with two different surveys regarding tech-savvy students and the sad reality of new media implementation in Hessian classrooms. Here are some random facts that I found noteworthy:
The overall percentage of students using the computer for homework on a regular basis has risen from 19 to 29 percent from 2007 to 2010.
This number does not impress you at first but the number of students at the higher levels (Gymnasium) is right around 40% and going up.
Nearly all students seem to have access to a computer (95%), so the discrepancy is still quite large and the gap should be filled more rapidly.
Almost half the students asked were not satisfied with their schools media equipment, another point that has to be improved...and could serve as a campaign slogan for ambitious Hessian politicians in the field of education.
Another interesting fact shown in the study is that students seem well trained in the art of using web-programs and PowerPoint whereas more complex applications are still being neglected.
I am sure this has to do mainly with the degree of media competence the teachers themselves bring to the table.
This notion seems confirmed by the large number of students (68%) who feel that teachers should be better educated in the use of New Media and those (44%) who think that teachers are not especially enthusiastic about applying New Media in school.
The last slide merely emphasizes the stereotype that IT is still more popular with boys than girls.
The overall percentage of students using the computer for homework on a regular basis has risen from 19 to 29 percent from 2007 to 2010.
This number does not impress you at first but the number of students at the higher levels (Gymnasium) is right around 40% and going up.
Nearly all students seem to have access to a computer (95%), so the discrepancy is still quite large and the gap should be filled more rapidly.
Almost half the students asked were not satisfied with their schools media equipment, another point that has to be improved...and could serve as a campaign slogan for ambitious Hessian politicians in the field of education.
Another interesting fact shown in the study is that students seem well trained in the art of using web-programs and PowerPoint whereas more complex applications are still being neglected.
I am sure this has to do mainly with the degree of media competence the teachers themselves bring to the table.
This notion seems confirmed by the large number of students (68%) who feel that teachers should be better educated in the use of New Media and those (44%) who think that teachers are not especially enthusiastic about applying New Media in school.
The last slide merely emphasizes the stereotype that IT is still more popular with boys than girls.