Following the technology conference on Friday, my personal view on technology in the classroom changed significantly. Entering the conference I was under the impression that the participants were going to be subjected to hours of preaching about technology and even thought the instructors might try to convince us that we needed more technology in the classroom because we were not capable of teaching. However, during the conference I became intrigued at this new technology that I was being shown. Smartboards with all of their captivating features held my attention for a long period of time. The sessions that I attended taught me about pre-service learning, student’s views on technology in the classroom, Websites provided by Geek of the Week, Digital cameras and tools to use in the classroom.
I was so amazed by all of the information that I took at least eight pages of notes. I really liked what one of the instructors said because it explained a question as to why even my generation was still reluctant to fully incorporate technology into the classroom. However, he explained that even though my generation is considered the technology natives, we were raised and taught by technology immigrants and we never knew any alternative ways to learn. My opinion on technology had been changing drastically already throughout the day, but after this particular session I was convinced to make a change in my future classroom.
As we drove off of the parking lot I was brainstorming how I could incorporate all of these new tools and way of learning into my own classroom. The conference showed me that technology is not there to take over a classroom but to help assist and broaden the horizons of standard textbook education.
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Amanda,
I agree completely with your sentiments. I was also worried that the conference would be about finding ways to make classrooms completely technologically based. I think it was refreshing to see that our generation is neither expected nor advised to go completely crazy with technology. I was impressed by all the ways that technology, and green technology at that, could be incorporated into the classroom to create a more positive learning environment that will reach more students.
Amanda, some great ideas here and glad to read your reflections. It's great to hear you figure out where and how technology should be used in your future classroom. However the format for this assignment was a top ten list with hyperlinks. What you have done does not meet the assignment criteria.
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