PART 2: DINOSAUR TECH

yeah, I am with you M&M, bc tech can easily be managed. And those ALTs will prob inherit a lot of paper and crap from their predecessors

The problem is they don't know if they have tech or not until they get to their schools.

The low-tech section is just to remind people that, even if you don't have anything you'd normally consider technology, there's actually tons of stuff that you can use that does a very similar job.

Don't have TVs/Displays for presentations? Print that shit out. Kids can collaborate with a big whiteboard/small whiteboards instead of tablets.

Have a cassette player? Buy a cheap cassette-ipod adapter and get new music playing on a piece of 80s tech.

Basically, just to show them that no matter how hopeless it is, you've still got options

I think egg timers and super sized printers are not necessary to mention here. If our goal is to give them information they can use, I think focusing on the idea that using non-tech can still be engaging, and then give a few concrete examples.

For example, I play a game with my students where in teams they race to write their answers on a small whiteboard and hold it up in the air for the teachers to check.

Also, I very much agree with Robbie's sentiment below that this section should be about how to creatively use what you have, whatever it is.

Actually I read your comment below about passing the egg timer around and I think solid examples like could be very useful here. Examples that spark creative thinking in the new ALTs. So IMHO I am back on board with egg timers (or some similar type of low tech examples).

I agree. Well, after our SKype meeting we decided to focus on concrete examples.