III. New Information

All of my subscriptions, the NY times, Forbes and the Guardian, provide tons of new information I had never really thought of. The article from the NY Times that was about school's encouraging students to B.Y.O.T. (bring your own technology) was completely new to me. When I was in middle school and high school, which was truly only a few years ago, personal use of our own technological devices was highly discouraged. In fact, after only a few referrals, many students received In-School Suspensions for cell phone use. I understand that the article isn't encouraging students to text each other test answers or to disrespect the teacher by blatant inappropriate use of their laptops, but it is still surprising to me. Schools are having a hard time keeping up with the technological needs in today's ever-changing society. Their budgets simply do not meet those high-requirements. Although surprising, it definitely makes sense that schools are going to start taking advantage of the many technologies students have access to at home. However, I wonder how many problems it will provide for the lack of students that do not have their own laptop. Will the schools provide for them and not for the others? Interesting questions and potential problems are sure to arise.