Three concepts to reflect
upon in Chapter 1:
As I am the process of
becoming a future teacher, I realize that I should realize how important the
benefits of using technology is, and how they are crucial in today's teaching.
The first concept I would
like to go over would be the importance of social media, and the internet. I
came across statistic in the text that said, "Most 8- to 18-year-olds are
using technology, experiencing a "digital childhood" and becoming an
iGeneration of technology users in their teens" (Maloy, 2014, p.17). This
made me feel that students if students have been raised around technology, that
they will respond and react better if technology is also used in the classroom.
The majority of children go straight home from school and go straight to
video games, so maybe if more technology was put in classrooms, students would
be more quick to want to learn. For example, I did observation hours at an
elementary school and the students were excited to learn because they were able
to come up and write on a SmartBoard which is just a huge computer.
The second
concept that i found interesting was building my identity as
a teacher. I personally love using PowerPoints because it really
draws people in to what you are saying, especially kids. Even little learning
games online grab children's attention because they are able to
interact with technology. As a teacher, i want to be able to take lessons and
transform them into ways that my students will actually want to learn. My
stepmom came across an article that has a great list of applications that can
be used towards your classroom, 52 of The Best Apps For Your Classroom in 2015!
The
third concept I found interesting was the use of "clickers" in
classrooms. I really like this idea because it gives every student the
opportunity to answer a question you put on the board and the results would be
shown and it could be discussed. I actually used a certain object in my math
class in middle school that the results would show up anonymously but the
teacher would be able to see what the most voted answer was. It made me
actually want to keep doing math problems just to see my answer pop up on the
board. This would be a tool I would love to be able to use in my classroom, not
only do i think it would be useful to determine understanding, but I could use
this technology to create games and contests that would be fun for my students
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