What do I do with old technology... I use it. :) As an example, I have an overhead projector in my classroom. I don't use it for whole class instruction like I once did. However, it serves a wonderful role as a station in reading, language, and math.
I have been amazed at the "products" my children have created while working with the overhead projector. I placed an overhead tangram set back there and I had two boys that decided to create animals out of the tangrams, they traced them on a transparency and then wrote a story using the animals they were creating. As I look at what they do each day in that station, I always am thankful that I didn't put it on the curb. Just because it is old technology to me, it is new to them. I don't know if any of them had ever seen one before. :)
A couple of students even mentioned writing story problems for other students and putting them in a special place so people know where to find them...
Now, what to do with other technology that is antiquated? I would think that the system would have a plan in place for disposing of old computers, software, hardware, etc. I would definitely think that each school would have a plan, so that items don't just get trashed before an official decision can be made. What is it they say... one man's trash is another man's treasure.
Happy Wednesday...on to Thursday...
Ginger
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