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i teach both education one hundred which is the first course students
take when they begin there
path in the teacher education program
and i also teach in the methods program which is the first
part of their field experience
so you see where
when the students start
and i see where they need to be when they start in the classroom
i really saw that there is and need for them to really
now no
a lot of the technology that they're expected to be able to use when they get
out in the field
instead of just
using technology as a form to show
information
i think we should become more involved as a student
for example using a smartboard students
can become more interactive with an actual lesson
for something other than just
an expensive whiteboard
so um...
one thing that my students to when they come in as
a question posted for them
on the smartboard
about something having to do with the reading something that we talked about
and then they have to take their name and
drag it or
pull it to you
what their answer is
that serves three purposes
one
it gets them thinking as soon as they in the door
two
they begin to interact with
the technology and three it's very easy way for me to take attendance
one thing that we do and my education one hundred class
is
they are working groups they get assigned to groups throughout at the
beginning of the semester
and one of their assignments is to go out out on the web
and search for it
anyway that they can find
technologies being used in education
and they have to talk to each other and through discussion board
about the things that they found in their groups and then as a group they
have to decide what's the most
creative or innovative
thing that they've found
and then they have to come back to the whole class to present that way
to the class one of those things is prezzy
which im such a big fan im like enamored with prezzy because
it's really quick in the easy way
to do
engaging presentation that's different than powerpoint
kind of power pointed to death right now
and it allows students to learn really quickly how to do
a presentation
that is a
dynamic i love the discussion boards and i think
it primes them
the discussion that they have before
class primes them for what we're doing in class that next week
and that's the way that i like to
schedule what they're doing in the discussion boards because i give them
the topic
for the discussion board and then talking about that on the discussion
board so that then when they come to class next week very primed
for that and i'll say for example and sara was talking about this on the
discussion board she found this
have really allows us to have a chance to have a much
richer conversation
in person that face-to-face conversation and i can pull up the discussion board
and the URLs that they've got
um... at the same time in-class right there
but is important for them to meet outside of the classroom as a group
they do that every week
not only are they meeting within the classroom
and outside of class
but they had a meeting online and yet still discussing so continuously
throughout the week
they're working to give as a group
just in person
so they collaborate together
so the classes i TA for
my job that i took on as a ta was to incorporate technology
to the best of my ability
i have experience using the smart board as well as other
fundamental
technologies assistance in the classroom
i incorporate into every lesson
parts of technology that allows the students to interact
so
the way that kristin and i work together is that
we meet
uh... each week to plan out what we're doing
in the course and then to think about
what would be the best
technology to use for each part of the course sometimes it's better not to use
any technology
but then
sometimes it's great to use different kinds of technology and we talk about
well is it better to use the e-know board for this
or is it better to use the smart board for this for the better to have the
student is laptops during this time
i feel like the role of technology in education is
to allow
students and educators
meet each others needs in a better way
so students i feel are connected
more to their laptops and to their cell phone
to being on the internet
that as a teacher i feel that i have to adapt to that
adapt to what new growing trends are
by adapting to that i feel that i'm incorporating the technology and what works for the
students
using online school it's not about
it's not all about incorporating videos
and technology into the classroom
it is still
about having a professor there teaching you but he or she is
teaching you
through the use of technology
professor is still your main focus
but technology is aiding the person