Today is the last day of class. After the technology class is over, I can still stay up to date on news about technology in education by adding Professor Boyer on Twitter because he tweets all the interesting news articles. He also encouraged us to contact him in the future, student teaching or the first few years while we are considering ways to incorporate technology into the classroom.
In Class Activity: Identify 3 ways I will integrate technology in my classroom
Since my school district is in a rural, low income area, , I don't have the opportunity to use interactive whiteboard technology in my third grade classroom. I had to come up with some other creative ways to incorporate technology. 1.) My third graders use blogger to share their opinions and reflections after important assignments or key classroom discussions. 2.) I keep a class wiki that includes our daily agenda, pictures from fun activities, upcoming events, and homework posted for both students and parents to keep up to date. 3.) Because my school's discipline structure is modeled after the PBIS model (which puts an emphasis on "school-wide" rules) my students will be making videos (writing the script and acting) at the beginning of the year to be shown to the younger students in the school about how the exemplify good behavior in multiple school settings.
Other ideas that my classmates came up with that I like:
Podcasting-students can listen to or make; I could listen to for professional development
Scratch- creating educational, interactive games for specific skills that I cannot find games for online
Epals- students talking to students from other cities, states, countries
Delicious-organize information, like for a research project resources, or interactive games to access at home
Audio documenting- have students record reading beginning, middle & end of the year to hear progress
How has my thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning changed over the semester?
Before this course I didn't really have an interest in technology in the classroom. I imagined my classroom having a projector and using the computer lab playing interactive games. This was the elementary experience I had, and used as a model when I imagined my future classroom. However, now that I've seen WHY technology is important, I've definitely changed my mind. With technology students find more meaning to the content because they can see the relevance to their life outside the classroom. I like the idea of using technology (like blogs, videos, presentations, etc) for student assessment. I also like presenting information through technology because it gives the students another source of information other than the teacher. Technology allows them to explore the content without me, and gives them the skills to seek and explore knowledge outside my classroom--creating life-long learners.
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