The SMARTboard training session last week coupled with the new vision of our administration, I am really hyped to incorporate more technology into my classroom.
Of course, this is a double edged sword. In a discussion with a colleague last week, we raised the question of meeting standards and staying ahead of AYP. In order to do that, often times the 'cool' things that happen in a classroom get chucked in favor of skill, drill, and fill in order to pass tests.
In a perfect world, we'd be able to use the technology to make the skill, drill, and fill relevant and engaging. But that's not the world we will be in this year.
So I am taking baby steps.
First, I want to use my SMARTboard (once it is operational) on a regular basis. Next, I hope to incorporate blogs and wikis into my classroom - maybe even facebook. We'll see. Then I hope to also use cell phones on a daily basis in my classroom.
Here are a couple videos that focus on the need to bring technology into the classroom. While watching these, I was reminded of something Stacy, one of our SMARTboard trainers, said, "Technology itself cannot make a bad teacher good."
But it can make a good teacher far more effective.
2 comments:
Yay! I had my training on Thursday. I'm going to be playing around with it this week. Glad you got one too!
Facebook, Kurt? IN my opinion it would take a magician to make Facebook a learning tool.
Communicating by Face, e-mail, or texting is a stew of acronyms, poor spelling, non-sentences, nonsense -- well, I guess that's enough to relate my opinion. But good luck to you!
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