Tech Director Chat

After a couple of weeks off, Ben is back....with another Ben! That's right! Pete has the episode off, so I had the opportunity to ask Ben Tomlinson, a former teacher in the district, a few pointed questions dealing with laptops, 1 to 1 computing, and how to bring more collaborative work into a high school classroom. We bounce through a few questions left over from our beginning of the year list from our high school teachers, question Ben about his thoughts on smart watches, and spend a good deal of time discussing the significance of every student having a device vs. every student having access to a device through shared or collaborative models for learning.Timestamps for this week's questions:0:41 Pete isn’t here!3:05 Someone asks Ben Tomlinson about creative ways to manage laptop carts at the high school.6:55 It sounds like a party going on in the Tech Department7:30 What happens if we guarantee every high school teacher a specific number of computers, rather than a full cart?9:30 Is the model of 1:1 techno