I am eager to use computers in the classroom. I think my students would produce much more in class if there were able to use the computers in the classroom


Technology has changed my life. I was pregnant with my second child when I finally bought a computer for my home. I had access to a computer at my desk at work but it wasn’t the same. Between my online obsession and exploring my computer I applied for Teaching Fellows and change careers shortly after my daughter was born. The computer was my lifeline during the program. I had many assignments to type.


I think technology can change the lives of my students. As a Special Education teacher I have met many students with reading and writing difficulties. Using technology in the classroom could facilitate learning and creativity in the classroom. Students can create projects that can help them express how much they do know about the content that is being thought. Many students with reading and writing difficulties are the use who often participate in class by raising their hands and answering questions. If only these students could express their knowledge in a way that does not intimidate them.

I often think it is unfair that schools in poorer neighborhood do not get access to technology the way students in neighborhoods that are financially better off have access to technology. My daughter’s classroom has 3 computers and a smart board. And the class attends computer class twice a week. When my son attended that school group work was presented on the smart board. Our students do not get that kind of access to computers on a daily bases and they could accomplish so much if they did.


Some may say that the problem with schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods, are the teachers and the parents. If parents do not care why should the kids or the teachers for that matter. Throwing money at the education system may not be the solution but the inequalities created by public school finding have only led to a greater gap in academic performance.

I used to have this really bright student Albert, who never wanted to write. I knew that Albert could do so much if only he had access to a computer in the classroom. He was always fidgeting with the broken computer in the classroom I thought in. I later found out that he was a marvel a computers and was even caught hacking into restricted sites. Albert graduated, but I often wonder whatever happen to him.

Fiscal equity in education is an important issue to me. I remember once I thought in a Montessori pre-school at the YWCA in Brooklyn. On another floor there was a publicly funded daycare. Once of the parents a really nice woman was upset about having to send lunch for her while the students in the daycare receive free hot lunches. She asked me “Don’t you think our children should get more because the parents pay much more. I thought for a moment and responded, “No I don’t”.