And checked out all the cool new blogs from everyone (okay, so far a handful of people) in my Methods class! Lots of my peers emphasize the incorporation of YouTube and video media in their classroom teaching. I too think that YouTube can be beneficial in teaching students ("Sassy Gay Friend" Skits, one of my personal favorites) but as teachers we have to be careful because it can also be detrimental in the classroom. Smart Boards are also a good addition into the classroom, which tends to be an underlying idea throughout some of the other blogs. Smart Boards are fantastic but can also be a little glitchy, especially when you need them to cooperate with you during a classroom lesson.
Check it out, it's hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwnFE_NpMsE
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Technology in the Classroom
Hey Blog, it's been a while.....
When thinking about technology in the classroom, loads of new ideas come to my mind. Thankfully I was introduced last semester, in my Advanced Composition course, to the beauty of technology in the classroom and how it can assist in classroom learning. I love SmartBoards, yet every time I use them it seems as if they don't love me. The access of a document camera in the classroom in handy for students who have to do a presentation, yet don't have access to a laptop to bring into the classroom. Although, I am not too fond of the whole disco-light show that goes on when we use the document camera in our Methods classroom. I love the idea of incorporating blogging into the classroom. The internet and citizen journalism are slowly dominating our world, and I would love for my future students to be knowledgeable about the progressiveness of the internet.
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