Sunday, November 18, 2012

Including Technology Into My Teaching Philosophy


When we first created our teaching philosophy, including technology was not even a thought in my mind. After being introduced to many types of technology in our CS322-ILC I believe that technology could enhance both the students focus and comprehension of a topic. Some types of technology that we all knew prior to the class are computers, smart boards, tape recorders. However, much to our surprise there are so many ways technology could be used in our classroom. Some technologies that I believe that I could implement into my classroom are smartboards, blogs, podcasts, wikis and online grade book. Along with that we learned about Prezi, which is a more detailed way of creating a presentation, instead of using power point.

Some possvle ways to use them are: 

Smart boards: many teachers use smartboards as just a projection screen. Some either forget or are just uneducated on how to use the technology. This technology can be used to have students interactively come up on the board and physically touch and place items. This is good for kinesthetic learners.



Blogs: This is good piece of technology to have kids show their comprehension for a topic. This is also good for long term use, to track a students progression of the school year. The blog could also be a way for all the students to communicate with the teacher and vice versa. 



Podcast: This piece of technology could be used as a study tool for students. This way instead of the students reading or writing their notes, they have a recording they could listen to.



Online grade book: This is good for the teacher, students and the parents. This is a great way to have the teacher organize grades and have the children and the parents be involved and updated in the grading policy and upcoming assignments. 

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