Small, cheap, portable printers (heavily insured), perhaps battery-powered,
to travel with the students would be Plan B.
John Willis
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From: spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org <spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 2:25 PM
Subject: Question related to Message in Listserv Digest
>
>
>I need advice about from members of this listserve.
>
>If a child needs to use an Alphasmart (small keyboard word processor) in
>order to complete assignments within each classroom in a grade 7 team
>structure, shouldn't there be a printer and hook-up cable in each
>classroom? My thinking is that if the purpose of the Alphasmart is to be
>the equivalent of a pencil or pen for a writing disabled child, then
>printing the assignment right in the classroom, and handing it in (a
>minimum requirement for all the other kids in the room), should be the
>practice and expectation.
>
>At present, it appears much more prevalent to expect the student to either
>leave the class during class time and go to the special ed room, or the
>library, to print (which takes about 15 minutes roundtrip); or, to
complete
>
>the printing during lunchtime or morning break; or to bring it home
>overnight, print it, and hand it in the next day. All of this in schools
>that do not have computers/printers in each classroom.
>Isn't it more equitable to consider a computer and printer in each room as
>a necessary part of the technology needed for equal/equitable access and
>use?
>
>Hope this question makes sense to some of you, and that you can help me
>with my thinking.
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Sincerely,Carol Spencer
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