First, I think it is important to be an innovator when it comes to education. As a future educator I would want to be the change agent in schools. This would motivate the other teachers and students to accept and embrace technologies into their classrooms. We should be excited to incorporate different technology strategies to prepare students for tests, and the real job force.
Second, the obstacles that schools may have implementing technology in classrooms. There many be certain obstacles such as tight budgets, or rapidly changing systems that can really impact the schools. There are also obstacles a student can have at home with technology. There may not always be availability to technology at home for every student. This article discusses Kids and Technology.
The third topic I want to discuss is how technology supports student learning and how it can help students better understand certain concepts. Knowing hoe to operate a computer, search the internet, and create power points can help with student learning. Technology can transform learning by supplying much more information to the students than past teaching techniques.
Resources:
Elementary Student Blogs: Innovative Classroom Technology. (n.d.). Retrieved September 14, 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTToERnTKB4
Maloy, R. (n.d.). Transforming learning with new technologies (2nd ed.).
Young Kids and Technology at Home. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2015, from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/kids-technology-home-young-children-douglas-rushkoff
Yay! Love your comic strip - is it ToonDoo or BitStrips? You will want to give credit to yourself for your creation with help from the web 2.0 tool - please see my sample blog post under Resources (Coleman, BitStrips). Can you imagine if students had a chance to show their own learning by creating such a comic strip? Fun learning! :)
ReplyDeleteYour selected concepts are interesting but I would like to read your perspective a bit more - more depth and detail, i.e., what obstacles might you see in your own classroom of the future? What characteristics besides 'change agent' describe an innovator in your experience?, etc. Great research though with your hyperlinked article and embedded YouTube. :)