What is the role of technology in giving voice and choice to our students?
- Technology opens up a world outside the classroom to students. There is not only a wide range of information, but there is also a variety of ways students can receive that information (video, reading, interactive games). As a teacher, it is difficult to give up control of how students learn. A big obstacle to overcome would be students maturity level. Because there is so much variety, there could be several different ways students are learning. It is difficult for the teacher to be able to go through each website that students may look at. Therefore, I think it is important to teach students how to determine the validity of information on a website.
What technology skills do I still need to develop, or need help with, so I can assist my students better with personalized learning?
- We just adopted a new textbook for science that has a technology component to it. I am both excited and apprehensive about the implications it will have in my classroom next year. Students will have lots of resources, but I am afraid about the time it may take to teach them how to use the resources effectively. 8th grade students are lacking in maturity and patience, which are 2 qualities important for success in learning something new.
Your new textbooks should be great with the tablets. The textbooks software is supposed to be device agnostic, but there may be a few things that don't run on iPad.
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