I have used technology in classes I have taken at Grand Valley, however, I have little experience using it in tutoring or other lessons I have done with elementary aged students. In my classes at GVSU, I have used videos in a flipped classroom. The teacher would send us home with videos to watch and we would come back with questions to work on in the classroom. That seemed to work pretty well except for the fact that you had to make sure you thoroughly watched each video and had the discipline to do it every single time.
I have also created blog posts for a class; it was actually my math capstone. I actually thought this was really enjoying. We would have a number of blog posts to complete by the end of the semester and it was almost like a vent session. You could post about history, the problem solving behind your own math, how to implement different techniques, and even just your personal opinion about something. I though the blogs were useful because you could express yourself in just about anyway and receive feedback from anyone in the class.
Obviously doc cams and other visual sources have been useful, however they have had some downfalls with being tough to work or something wasn't quite right that day. I think overall though google docs and other online sites have positively affected my learning experience.
So in my experiences, I think technology is rather useful. I think it would be interesting to design lessons for elementary aged children with blogs incorporated. As far as technology goes, I have had issues but it seems that it is more useful than troublesome. I think it has and will continue to revolutionize the classroom.
I also have had problems using technologies in the classroom because of my lack of knowledge. Hopefully this class will help us get more familiar with it! Just like the smart board presentation that we had, there is also information online that can help us as future educators (:
ReplyDeleteFaith and Anthony, I completely agree with the idea of we have used technology in our own learning. But when it comes to teaching with it, many of us have limited experience. I'm hoping that changes with coworkers and peers, everything accessible on the internet, and many other places that technology weaves it's way into!
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