Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Assignment #12- Reflection 3
As a result of what I have experienced by completing the 3rd strand of the course as well as what I have experienced from completing the course as a whole, the main thing that I am taking away is the recognition that I need to make an effort to incorporate more technology in my classroom. In addition, I am also taking away ideas and knowledge of how to go about doing that. I realize that students today are immersed in technology in their every day lives, and schools need to keep up with the pace and prevalence of technology in order to keep students interested and engaged. I would like to make use of a blog this year with my students. I already have a website for my students which proves to be very helpful for them. I am also entertaining the idea of using wikis this year as well. Although I am not one of the teachers currently piloting Smartboards or PC tablets this year, I look forward to learning more about them and eventually using them. I have really enjoyed this class and hope that there will me more class like this offered.
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I agree that this class has inspired me to try to use technology more to engage students. I'm hoping that students do have access to computers at home as the computer use at MW is limited. Hopefully, we at MW and Hilton will move toward having laptops for every child to accomplish more technology related assignments. It would be helpful if the BOE took this course so they could be on board with this idea! sally C
An activity that I was thinking about would have students collaboratively posting on a class blog. Students could post images or video of the demonstration or experiment as well as post a description of what they learned. An alternative might be for students to compare and contrast their results and explanations. It would be great to blog with an expert from the field, or a local professor.
This class was very inspiring in the idea that technology can be used in every classroom and by every person no matter what the position. Technology is a great way to engage students but sometimes it is a great way to get other teachers involved too.
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