When I walked into class this semester and thought of technology that could be used in my classroom I was quite naive. I kind of assumed there would just be a technology teacher in the school that I work in and in my classroom technology may consist of simple thing such as basic computer games. This class has been extremely beneficial in opening my eyes.
We have learned about so many new ideas that I had never heard of from everything from delicious, which is a great way to save favorite websites and access them from anywhere with Internet to webquests which can basically have an entire lesson plan designed within them and allow students to have direct interaction.
There were also many ideas that I had heard of but naive considered incorporating into my classroom. I really came to appreciate the idea of pod casting and blogging. I like both of them because I feel that they are super ways to keep up high communication with parents in a time when we seem to get so busy this may not be as easy as it seems.
Through and through I have learned that in order to maximize the success of my students and the profession of teaching I cannot rely on others to help bring technology into my classroom and I would be incompetent if I tried to. There is a plethora of technology in the world and by using it we will help to further the success of our students and society as a whole.
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Some schools do have a teacher who works in the computer lab and with teachers. When this computer teacher helps, it's not a time for the classroom teacher to take a break. In other schools teachers may be entirely on their own when they're in the computer lab.
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