Future Principals:
Wow, a lot of valuable information was presented to us today in class from the introduction to new technology over the course of the next year to copyright infringement. With the first video we watched, it is absolutely amazing how far we have come with creating virtual technology that will allow kids to get up and start moving. As educators, we can use these resources in a positive light to get our all of our students involved in activities. For example, I think of it in the eyes of a science teacher who is having issues getting a student to dissect an animal in class, with now having "google cardboard" and downloading a simple dissection app, you can have that student be involved with the dissection to help enhance their learning experience. My issue with virtual technology is how it quickly it is evolving and capturing the attention of the younger generation. We rarely seeing a person walking around outside without being attached to a cellular device and now we possibly are going to allow our students to use such devices in the classroom? The question that I have been asking myself, is after the introduction of technology tools, how do we reel them back into reality and gauge in on what is to be taught in the classroom?
I really enjoyed talking about the essential conditions that need to be met to have a successful technology plan put into place. We have to understand that as future principals, it is our role to promote and model technology and tools that can be used to enhance the learning experience for out students. We can then start a top-down affect to get all other stake-holders involved with the process and create a shared vision for implementation. Through our group collaboration I learned that schools are able to use E-Rate. I think that this is a great tool for school to use as a resource to get technology into the schools for school districts that have low poverty rates to get a means of alternative learning in the classroom. I was not aware that East Peoria High School applied for this grant to get the Wifi put into the school.
I really get excited when i learn about new things that we can do with young people. On the flip side, i get very nervous that things are happening so quickly that i start to second guess what and why I am doing what I am doing. A lot of why I wanted to be a teacher no longer exist. In the second video that we viewed today there was mention that what we learn in the first year of a four year degree may be obsolete by the third year of that degree.
ReplyDeleteI really get excited when i learn about new things that we can do with young people. On the flip side, i get very nervous that things are happening so quickly that i start to second guess what and why I am doing what I am doing. A lot of why I wanted to be a teacher no longer exist. In the second video that we viewed today there was mention that what we learn in the first year of a four year degree may be obsolete by the third year of that degree.
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