As a teacher I think that my classroom will be a lot more enjoyable, effective and well managed if I use technology within my teaching style. I have so many ideas and plans for the future that will take this technology driven generation and show them how to incorporate writing, reading and communication into their lives effectively.
Kids love their phones and trying to keep them from using their phones in class is one of the hardest parts of classroom management. Why not create assignments that let them use their phones and the apps that are on them for educational purposes. This would mean that they could learn more about apps that are educational and we can get them to get more involved in writing, reading and researching on their 3G networks. I would really love to do journal entries via text messaging once in a while. I think the kids would have fun with that.
I hope that I can find fun and educational ways to use all of the skills that I have learned in this instructional media class this semester. I truly want to take advantage of technology and do whatever I can to get my students more involved in literature, poetry, reading and writing. If I can get every kind of learning style involved by using technology, than that is something I am going to take seriously so that I can have the most effective learning environment in my classroom that I can possibly have.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Lessons Learned
Out of all the readings, tests and videos my favorite one was "Did you know?" The information and music was so intense and interesting to read. I really think that I am going to use that clip for a lesson plan to show how important technology, reading, writing and education is for my students to be successful in the future. I can not imagine all of those statistics coming true in the future. Information and technology are circulating and progressing so fast. It is our responsibility to prepare our students for these changes.
I really enjoyed taking the UNI technology competency tests. I think that it is good to know where we stand, as teachers, with our skills and the technology in our classrooms. Now that I know what I am capable of and what I need to work on, it will only sets me in the right direction to be an even better teacher who has more skills to improve my classroom learning environment.
It is really important that all teachers are familiar with and use the NET standards in their classrooms. I think that it is true that education is moving more towards classrooms that are technologically driven. With that said, teachers need to start educating themselves to be able to keep up with the fast pass speed of technology because their students will be learning these skills at a young age and we have to keep up with them so that we can harness their skills to work for them in their educational experience. I think we should use these NET standards along with our State Core Curriculum standards and objectives in my personal opinion.
I really enjoyed taking the UNI technology competency tests. I think that it is good to know where we stand, as teachers, with our skills and the technology in our classrooms. Now that I know what I am capable of and what I need to work on, it will only sets me in the right direction to be an even better teacher who has more skills to improve my classroom learning environment.
It is really important that all teachers are familiar with and use the NET standards in their classrooms. I think that it is true that education is moving more towards classrooms that are technologically driven. With that said, teachers need to start educating themselves to be able to keep up with the fast pass speed of technology because their students will be learning these skills at a young age and we have to keep up with them so that we can harness their skills to work for them in their educational experience. I think we should use these NET standards along with our State Core Curriculum standards and objectives in my personal opinion.
Strengths and Weaknesses
After reading, testing and watching the videos for this assignment, I have realized that I have many strengths and weaknesses that I can work on when it comes to integrating technology into my lesson plans and classroom. The information that was given to me for this assignment has really opened my mind to how important it is to use technology and how this new generation of student will respond best to technology and assignments that use technology to incorporate or present the old information in a new way. My strengths are in researching information and finding credible sources, knowing the basics of computers, and communicating through technology. Like my students, I am addicted to constant communication through phone calls, text messaging, social networking and emailing. I have those skills down for sure!
I think that my goals will be to learn more computer programs thoroughly enough that I can design awesome assignments that my students can benefit from. I need to be comfortable enough with the programs that I can teacher the terminology and functions well enough for my students to turn around, take the information I have given them, and then use the software for their projects and assignments. My goal to integrate more technology in my classroom will be to create more assignments that involve using word processors, emails, text messages and blogging to turn in writing assignments. I have also been planning on using programs like powerpoint, picassa and photostory to create performance assessments for poetry units, novels and other English assignments. I think it would be awesome to have my students write in their journals one day and then text message me them on other days. That way they can text their entries to my email giving them a change up from writing these entries with paper and pencil. Just a fun idea.
I have already been looking on UEN for free credit hours I can take after I am a contract teacher. The teacher that I co-teach with right now has been looking them over with me and we are going to take a couple technology classes together. Under the Professional Development Course Catalog on the UEN website teachers can find many options to enhance their technical education. The classes I am interested in taking are: Advanced Powerpoint, Create Online Media, Create Online Video Tutorials/Screencasts, Digital Camera in the Classroom, and Digital Video Projects (UEN Classes). We have covered a lot of these techniques and information, but I think it would be cool to dig even deeper and get more ideas on how to use technology in the classroom. These free college credit classes will not only help me with my teaching but will move me towards a lane change on my salary schedule as a teacher. SCORE!!!!
I think that my goals will be to learn more computer programs thoroughly enough that I can design awesome assignments that my students can benefit from. I need to be comfortable enough with the programs that I can teacher the terminology and functions well enough for my students to turn around, take the information I have given them, and then use the software for their projects and assignments. My goal to integrate more technology in my classroom will be to create more assignments that involve using word processors, emails, text messages and blogging to turn in writing assignments. I have also been planning on using programs like powerpoint, picassa and photostory to create performance assessments for poetry units, novels and other English assignments. I think it would be awesome to have my students write in their journals one day and then text message me them on other days. That way they can text their entries to my email giving them a change up from writing these entries with paper and pencil. Just a fun idea.
I have already been looking on UEN for free credit hours I can take after I am a contract teacher. The teacher that I co-teach with right now has been looking them over with me and we are going to take a couple technology classes together. Under the Professional Development Course Catalog on the UEN website teachers can find many options to enhance their technical education. The classes I am interested in taking are: Advanced Powerpoint, Create Online Media, Create Online Video Tutorials/Screencasts, Digital Camera in the Classroom, and Digital Video Projects (UEN Classes). We have covered a lot of these techniques and information, but I think it would be cool to dig even deeper and get more ideas on how to use technology in the classroom. These free college credit classes will not only help me with my teaching but will move me towards a lane change on my salary schedule as a teacher. SCORE!!!!
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