Case 2

Ubiquitous access has many benefits to students in every age group, some of which being new mediums and platforms, problem solving, self exploration, and technology knowledge. By having ubiquitous access, students can use online platforms geared towards learning such as Kahoot, Khan Academy and Duolingo. They can also explore the internet and learn important modern skills to sort through the vast internet world to find sites with pertinent and credible information. Finding credible sources takes time to learn how to do especially on the internet. Lastly, by finding the information on their own by using ubiquitous access, they can find accurate information, or perhaps even more information than the teacher knew, because in the modern classroom things are constantly changing and new information is being spread more and more. Some of the challenges to ubiquitous access, as Ms.Tucker was concerned about, was that students would be finding inappropriate methods or inappropriate material on their explorations, as well as it taking up a long time in class. It is true that without proper proxy guards or without some teacher supervision, the students may find themselves getting lost in the internet's vast amounts of biased or misinformation sources. Having ubiquitous access may take up more time in class at first because students will be new to it, and things like staying on task, search methods, and credible source finding will need some time to develop. 

Ubiquitous access has opened the door for not only more effective teaching but also new styles and methods of teaching. By allowing students to almost guide their own search they are creating their own research methods, sources and are in charge of their own learning to some degree. Students being allowed more freedom, allows for more creativity through ubiquitous access because most times students will find more information than they were looking for, allowing them to learn more and then use that new information for themselves. 

I would advise Ms.Tucker to consider using simple and strictly education based sites for her classroom as she seems completely against the idea of students having ubiquitous access. I would suggest Kahoot.com which is a very creative site that allows students to participate in classroom question games proctored or set up by the teacher. The questions are all created by the teacher and it is set up in a multiple choice fashion, but as it is online they will be building technology skills, as well as being able to communicate more within the classroom as before it seemed that her classroom was lacking in this aspect, as the only information being given was if they raised their hand. The shy students of the class would greatly benefit from this game then because it allows them to share their answers and be wrong while still learning and being anonymous to the classroom around them, taking off the pressure of raising their hand.