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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The notion of “control for control’s sake” is alive and well in many schools.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Rather like teaching someone to express themselves through painting but only allowing the use of, say, 4 colours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I still have vivid memories in primary school of being belted across the knuckles for daring to use coloured chalk (yes I know, I’m that old, alas) on my chalk
board when we were told to only use white; couldn’t see why. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Roland Gesthuizen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 26 March 2012 5:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> elearning@edulists.com.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [elearning] Making the Case for Student Controlled Devices - iPads in Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">I have to agree that our desire to control the use of all technology sounds a deeper problem. Exactly who are we making decisions based on the needs of? Regards Roland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Quotes:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="http://diigo.com/0p332" title="Making the Case for Student Controlled Devices - iPads in Education">Making the Case for Student Controlled Devices - iPads in Education</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">It's time to let go of the notion that we need to control student behavior. It's time to realize that we cannot and should not dictate the manner in which students learn. One
area where the desire for control is clearly manifested is our use of technology in school.
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#999999">This message was sent to you by
<a href="http://www.diigo.com/profile/rgesthuizen">Roland Gesthuizen</a> via Diigo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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