Monday, February 18, 2008
Trying to Keep up!
Well I have been sick on and off for the past two weeks so I am trying to keep up with the technology stuff but its hard to do. Today I would like to talk about the over use of technology in the classroom. Last week I was observed by my supervisor as I taught a Spanish 1 class about descriptive adjetives and verbs. At the beginning of class as a very very very short activity (I wouldnt really even call it an activity) I held up three different photos of people that I had cut out from some magazines and I walked around the room and asked various students in Spanish "What is she wearing?" "What do they look like" "Who is tall?" ect... The students answered me in Spanish and we moved on. This little "activity" lasted about 3 minutes and it served its purpose which was to get the students thinking and talking. After the class I met with my supervisor and he critized me strongly for holding the photos in my hand and not displaying the photos on the Smart Board. I could understand why putting the photos on the Smart Board would be good for a different and longer activity but for a simple get started activity I feel that the photos in my hands is just fine. Also, I was trying to make it more personal for the students by walking up to their desks with the photos and asking them one by one about the pictures. I feel that technology should be used as much as possible but is it so bad when it is not used all the time???
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I think a lot of educators feel pressured to integrate technology into their lessons at all costs to show how "advanced" or "new age" they are. Of course, these proponents often neglect the issue of whether such implementations are always effective. If it doesn't facilitate learning or enhance the classroom dynamic, then there's no real point to using it. And besides, wouldn't it be a shame if technology became so entrenched in the classroom that actually using a blackboard became a novelty? Seems like the whole definition of learning these days has changed!
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