Monday, July 16, 2018
Learning to Teach Technology
Before today, all that I have heard about having cell phones and technology in class, has been negative. Today has completely shifted my view of this. I now think that technology is a very effective way to teach and can be used in a variety of ways that can be helpful for student learning. One thing that I believe can be very effective and that I wish we could have use when we were younger is Wikipedia. Before learning all about Wikipedia today I always thought that it was something that I could never use for papers. My perspective is now changed and I think that it can be very effective. After discovering how effective of a tool Wikipedia can be, I will try to implement it in my class in some way or another. Although I am going into High School Math, I think that I can muster up some really cool activities with Wikipedia. Another really cool thing that I never knew about before today was the "site:" tool. This is a tool that I really wished that I had known about going through my undergrad and high school courses. The fact that I could get credible sources from a variety of different sides in a very quick fashion is incredible. Definitely would have saved me a lot of time in previous years. Overall this class blew my mind. I wasn't sure what to expect from this course but I have enjoyed it so far and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
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Timmy,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with you that I have had a overall negative impression of having cell phones in the classroom. I have always seen them as a distraction because ultimately I thought that kids really couldn't be trusted to stay on task. I think perhaps some of these worries won't ever go away, but as long as it's an engaging lesson, the students shouldn't have any need to stray. I think I have always to some extent wanted to have a 1:1 ratio of computers in my classroom, but now I absolutely see the benefit of having that kind of technology readably available for students to work on real world skills. Thanks for sharing!