To be honest, technology such as cell phones, video games, YouTube, and other social network sites are not used to be incorporated in the classroom. First of all, cell phones are not used because they are not complied to what's being taught and learned in a classroom. I believe cell phones are distractions and should be only used for emergencies, which I have mentioned in the previous blog post. Video games should not even be mentioned for classroom use. That is used for someone's free time. Nowadays, YouTube is used for students to learn visually. Blogs are beneficial because students are able to see what other students feel or have opinions on a particular topic and can receive feedback. Some other video sites should not be used because they conflict with personal technology use... some videos might be explicit to be shown in the classroom if a teachers wants to portray something to the extreme that will catch the attention of students.
As a future teacher, I would definitely use the technology that has been used in this classroom. They have been effective as I've learned about various uses of technology in the class. Like I mentioned before, blogging is a good way to communicate with other students and to be able to provide thoughts, comments, etc. Power point is always useful if the teacher uses it correctly. I will not be the teacher who will read off what's being shown slide after slide, but I will put up the main points and explain those points in detail. In addition, since I am going to become a math teacher, I would like to have class participation to answer questions by using clickers, possibly... if the school is able to provide them for students. Online games and tutorials are great for students to become interactive, and they could enjoy learning through the games and tutorials. I want to use technology that will help students learn better and be able to apply them in the future.
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I agree with you Bradely, sometime I feel like people want to take this idea a little too far. I believe that our educational system as intergrated enough technology with out losing the focus of the children.
I agree that personal technology such as cell phones and video games are for outside use and not classroom use. If students use cell phones in class they will be tempted to have them out and think that it is ok for use to talk to their friends on the world outside of their classroom learning environment. Educational video games are great for at home use but they should not be used in the classroom because there are more interactive ways for teachers to get the students to enjoy learning rather then just setting them in front of a screen to play a game.
Blogging can be effective as long as it supplements the course and doesn't take over the entirety of the course for the same reason: teachers can't be effective if they only interact with the students through a screen and never do any classroom teachings.
I agree that some things just don't belong in the classroom and should have limited to no use in class. Also that Power Point is a valuable resource that is misused by some teachers, but it shouldn't stop other teachers from using it correctly.
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