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WASHINGTON (AP) — In suburban
Kansas City, students teach their teachers a
thing or two about technology.
“They teach them the basics, gently sug
gesting: ‘Here’s why you're getting that
blinking light, you might try this,”’ says Bob
Moore, executive director of information
technology services for the Blue Valley,
Kan., school district.
It is a role reversal increasingly seen in
schools across the country, according to a
survey released Wednesday by the National
School Boards Foundation.
The study of 81 l school districts showed
that 54 percent of respondents rely on stu
dents to provide technical assistance for
computer systems.
Teachers, meanwhile, are “unevenly
prepared for using technology as a tool for
teaching and learning,” with 69 percent of
respondents rating new teachers as aver
age or novices at computer work, the
foundation said.
As in Blue Valley’s four high schools, the
students often provide the how-tos for teach
ers who, in turn, must learn to integrate the
Internet into their lesson plans.
The result is the beginnings of change in
the relationship between teachers and stu
dents as online lessons provide electronic
instruction.
“Teachers become the guide on the side,
instead of the sage on the stage,” said Anne
Bryant, executive director of the National
School Boards Association.
That may be a snapshot of the future of
education, but for now, school districts are
struggling to find appropriate roles for stu
dents and teachers who exchange information.
In Blue Valley schools, students don’t
show teachers how to integrate the Internet
into lesson plans, for example. And though
they perform some technical tasks on the
schools’ computer systems for academic
credit, professional experts handle major
problems, such as network breakdowns,
Moore said.
“We do have to remember that they are
children ... we don’t want to give them too
much responsibility to put them in a position
where they might not be successful,” Moore
said. At the same time, they are challenged
to develop their work skills by doing tasks
other than maintenance.
“You don’t learn a lot by unboxing a com
puter and setting it on a desk,” Moore added.
That’s about the right balance, according
to the Bush administration. “If you’re just
solely relying on students, there is apt
lem,” said John Bailey, director of educac
technology for the Department
Education.
Directed properly, student-led tech:
assistance can be a “win-win” situationh
of necessity, Bailey said. Many schoolsis
not have the resources for technical sup
and have no choice but to rely on stuck;
Some tutor, others run help desks
others have earned network and soft*;
certifications.
Most Internet instruction is done in
ject areas such as history, social studies
science, according to the survey. Eighty
cent of school leaders say the prim
instructional use of the Internet is forrese;
that helps teachers shape lesson plans.
But many new teachers aren't expert:
at using computers and the Internet, set
districts said, according to the study.
That’s where help from students come:
Of the school districts surveyed, 54p
cent reported that students were prov
technical support for their districts. I
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for hardware, software and other problf
it said. Thirty-nine percent of districts
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