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Large classroom sizes limit a student's access to technology, their teacher, and to opportunities to "walk the walk" of science reasoning. When a child is supported in constructing their own learning plan, they develop the tools to gather and sort through information they deem relevant. This autonomy empowers children to contribute to conversations, build on the ideas of others' and have others build on theirs. The willingness (and confidence) to engage can develop a student's agency, and consequently ownership of their education. Students can utilize classroom laptops to take control of content we have deemed important to learn, developing positive identities as thinkers and learners. I teach physics classes of thirty-five students each. Students sit at lab tables of four students and may only get five minutes of daily direct interaction with their teacher (9 tables X 5mins= 45 total minutes), some of which might be spent discussing classroom compliance. These laptops are affordable and durable, but most importantly allow students to work at their own pace while I spend an entire class period with a group of ten students at a time. I could then guarantee each student gets forty continuous weekly minutes of productive discourse amongst a small group and myself. At times teachers have an impossible job because we are tasked with actively engaging all of our students in meaningful ways. Please join me in challenging my students in ways that can provide room for support and growth.

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Large classroom sizes limit a student's access to technology, their teacher, and to opportunities to "walk the walk" of science reasoning. When a child is supported in constructing their own learning plan, they develop the tools to gather and sort through information they deem relevant. This autonomy empowers children to contribute to conversations, build on the ideas of others' and have others build on theirs. The willingness (and confidence) to engage can develop a student's agency, and consequently ownership of their education. Students can utilize classroom laptops to take control of content we have deemed important to learn, developing positive identities as thinkers and learners. I teach physics classes of thirty-five students each. Students sit at lab tables of four students and may only get five minutes of daily direct interaction with their teacher (9 tables X 5mins= 45 total minutes), some of which might be spent discussing classroom compliance. These laptops are affordable and durable, but most importantly allow students to work at their own pace while I spend an entire class period with a group of ten students at a time. I could then guarantee each student gets forty continuous weekly minutes of productive discourse amongst a small group and myself. At times teachers have an impossible job because we are tasked with actively engaging all of our students in meaningful ways. Please join me in challenging my students in ways that can provide room for support and growth.

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