Student-centered instruction encourages students to be responsible for their education. They take on a sense of ownership, and develop a genuine desire to succeed. I agree student- centered instruction would teach students responsibility for their own learning. Students are energized by learning.
Students make thoughtful choices and they work with others in a planful manner.
The Teacher becomes a facilitator and a source of information when needed. Students should have various sources of resources. In addition to their textbook, notes, overhead projector, they should have community leaders, information experts, the internet and computers to use at their diposal. In Jamie McKenzie's article she states their should be a ratio of one networked computer for every three or four students in the classroom. In my classroom I would love to have the option of flotillas, moving clusters of computers which travel from classroom to classroom as mentioned in McKenzie's article.