Focus Questions: What six key issues should a teacher consider when looking to
integrate technology?
The six key issues include 1) Using technology in teaching, 2)
Motivating factors, 3) Barriers to technology use, 4) Ideas for technology use,
5) Teaching methods, and 6) Students and technologies.
Even in today’s world, many teachers are hesitant when it comes to
integrating technology. As I have gathered from my own experience, some
teachers view technology as a distraction and choose to avoid it altogether. I,
for one, think that using technology will spark a certain interest in the
students that everything else fails to capture. Barriers to technology, such as
the lack of skill, or in most cases the lack of resources from the schools pose
the greatest problem. In many cases, there is also a lack of technology in the student’s
home, creating an unbalanced playing field among the students.
Focus Questions: What six key issues should a teacher consider when looking to integrate technology?
I am pro-technology use in school 100%, no doubt. There are many
ideas I have in mind for technology use in educational settings. For example, I
would love for my students to have the opportunity to make and publish videos,
communicate and share ideas via social websites, learn how to find reliable
sources on the internet (unlike Wikipedia and Yahoo), and an abundance more. I
find that it becomes very difficult for young students to learn how to properly
cite pieces of information that they used in their work. For this reason, I
believe that every single course that students take in their youth years should
entail them to write a research paper and properly teach students to cite and
credit authors.
Tech
Tool link: How Stuff Works
This website has some of the most insightful videos that I have come across. Many of topics I searched were thoroughly explained with a degree of accuracy and precision. I loved the fact that they are able to answer questions using a language that can easily be understood by any age group.
This website has some of the most insightful videos that I have come across. Many of topics I searched were thoroughly explained with a degree of accuracy and precision. I loved the fact that they are able to answer questions using a language that can easily be understood by any age group.
Summary
and Conclusion:
Before I decided I wanted to pursue a career in becoming a teacher
I had many questions, doubts, and uncertainties. After reading this chapter, I
can happily say that it has put my mind at ease. Although there were many
issues that were presented in becoming a teacher in today’s society, I believe
they can be overcome with time and effort. I am looking forward to facing the
challenges that will be presented in future and upcoming technologies.
I was intrigued (and even excited) to read about the highly
interactive, inquiry based learning. This stuck out to me the most because this
is exactly the kind of teaching I would like to emulate. I believe that
interaction is the most crucial difference between “teaching” and “presenting”.
You can present something over and over again to a group of students, but it
does not mean it has been taught. Interaction is needed to learn, and that is
how teaching is achieved.
Resources:
Maloy, R. W., Verock-O,
R. E., Edwards, S. A., & Woolf, B. P. (2010).Transforming learning with
new technologies. Allyn & Bacon.
I like that you are already thinking of ways you can use technology in your future classroom. Videos are powerful media and students are generally 'hooked' by them - creating them is even more motivational! :) And, I agree that 'research' is an important skill for students to learn how to do effectively at every level (which is why we have an important unit on it in this class, too!) :)
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