I have learned how to add technology to my lessons more then just finding a short video on the web to show my kids or having them play a math game the goes with our learning. My students have been introduced to finding research, power points lessons, how to video tape their own presentation and how to upload them as well as how a blog works and what they can be used for. I have been trying out different kinds of technology tools and websites and discussing these ideas with co-workers.
I believe I am still working on trying to integrate technology into my daily lessons as well as getting others in my building to collaborate and discuss about how we can add more technology to our school.
I do not feel that I am ready to make a new goal at this time. I do not feel I have mastered the ones that I am working on. There are so many different programs that I can be using with my students that I have not explored yet. I also feel that I am having to think to long and hard about how I am going to integrate technology in my lessons it should just be automatic.
Something that I need to do to help me refocus my goals is to make a list of the programs that I have not explored yet and make sure I am looking at a new one each week to understand what it is about and find a way to use it with my students in an upcoming lesson.
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Response to Danika
ReplyDeleteDon't be discouraged that you are "thinking too long and hard about how to integrate technology into your lessons." It will become more automatic as you learn and practice using new technologies more and more. Then, when you go to start a new lesson with your students an idea will pop into your head about a new technology resource that you learned about and can use in the lesson. The key is learning more and more about the technology resources available to you and thinking creatively.
It is great that you are exploring new technology resources and incorporating them to the best of your ability. Keep that up!
Danika,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Rebecca that you are looking at this as a long term goal and that is great. In teaching new ways of thinking pass quickly and your are really looking at how you can sustain a goal like this to benefit the students.
I think that it is great that you are getting your building involved. Other teachers may need a little bit of a push however they will come around. This is not a new way of thinking Technology is here and students really do need to learn how to use it both for when they go to college and when they have a job. My husband is working on his master's now and many of the other adults in his class are struggling because they are not knowledgeable about using these tools as he is.