It is reported by Kaiser foundation that children age 8-18 spend 7 hours and 38 minutes a day on technology for entertainment purposes. That is 53 hours a week.  It also reported that children are using multi -modes of media at the same time so that averages to 10 hours and 45 minutes.  So if students are spending this much time on entertainment media will they spend that much time on educational media.  Can we get children to participate in education modes of technology.


So as stated before in Pensky article Turning on The Light  50-70 % are bored in school (43).  Well I always tell my students I am not here to entertain you, I can not make school a level 10 excitement at all times.  You have to take responsibility for yourself and education.  You need to focus on what is important in life and right now school is the most important thing in you life other than family and your religious beliefs. School is your job and take it seriously. So lets see has anyone tried to implement what students value the most into the classroom, technology.

The New York times  in 2011 article In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores say the scores are stagnant.  An initiative was taken in 2005 in Arizona the Kyrene School District and they invested 33 million in technological advances to improve the learning of students.  But it was no successful. This has taken place around the country and the same results happen. Students are enthusiastic about learning but it is not translating into success.  


I will talk to a few students and interview them and see how much technology do they use.  They will tell me specifically what they use, and for how long do they think they use the technology.  I will specifically want to know how much time is spent on cell phones, video games, TV, music, movies, Ipads, internet and how much time do they multi task. Then I will ask them how much time a day do they spend on educational tasks.  Then How much time do they spend on educational technology.  I will as do you think that more technology in the classroom will keep you focused longer? Will it improve your chances of learning? What are your grades like now? Do you consider yourself a good student?  How many times a day do you feel bored in school?  What is usually happening? Is the teacher lecturing are you testing, quiet reading ?
What modes of technology do you have in your class room presently?  Projectors, Tv,s VCR, DVD players, Smart board, computers, Internet?  What technology would you like to be added.  Are there any classes presently that has you sing technology most of the session, Library time and/or Computer lab.  What mode of technology helps you to learn better in your opinion?  What keeps you more focused? Which one do you want because it seems to be the funnest?  What modes of technology do you think you friends would want and benefit from?   How much time are your friends spending on educational learning with out technology?  How much time are they spending on technology for entertainment purposes?

By asking all theses question it can help me get the perspective of one or two students and the interest in technology on and entertainment level and on an educational level. I can activate what students knowledge is and what can benefit their learning the content being taught.  I can process this by texts, video but only of me saying what the kid as reported. Pictures and my voice.

I would want to further the child conversation and discuss about a specific technology of smart boards.  I can asks each student do they have any knowledge of a smart board.  When and how have they used a smart board.  Did the smartboard keep you from being board?  Did it enhance your learning?  What there any interactive components that you were able to use and or manipulate. Did you play a game on the smart board. If it was math did you write the problems out or did you just write the answer.  What did other students think about the smart board lesson. Would you have gotten the same knowledge from just a teacher standing up with a piece of chalk and a chalk board.  Now I need to find the research and the back up to show the benefits of the smartboards in class and some potential pitfalls of a smart board in class.  I can also try and see the relations to test scores of students with and without smart boards inparticularly. The smart board is an interactive tool that enhances the learning process.  I hope I can explain this through the text, photos, and clips.

Foeh., U., G.,  Rideout, V.,J., & Roberts, D., F.(2010). Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds retrieved from http://www.kff.org/entmedia/mh012010pkg.cfm

Prensky, M. (2008). Turning on The Light. Educational Leadership 65 (6) 40-45.

 Richtel, M. .(2011). In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores  Retrieved from  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/technology-in-schools-faces-questions-on-value.html?pagewanted=all