Now that we have the knowledge and confidence to utilize technology tools in our classroom; how can we all ensure to continue our exposure and improve our tech skills after this semester? As we get swamped next semester with new responsibilities, how can we guarantee that we’ll find time to go to workshops and play around on the web? I’m truly going to miss this class; I think it was the most valuable and instructive in preparing me to teach in our tech savvy era.
Now that I’ve gotten a taste of the incredible possibilities available through web 2.0; I don’t want to stop. I want to build upon what we’ve learned this past semester, and work with it as we student teach. I think it would be really neat for the social studies crew to create a website of all of our lesson plans, and links to resources. Marissa and I already plan to collaborate on making webquests; so far we’re doing WWII and the Vietnam War. Technology can certainly facilitate our efforts to share and collaborate in the field of teaching.
I think it would be worthwhile to offer technology courses that focus on content areas. Instead of only offering the traditional business technology course, schools should offer Science and Technology, Social Studies and Technology, and others. This way, students can gain additional tech experience without jeopardizing the content required by state and national standards. Since students are required to take computer classes in order to graduate, these classes would certainly garner interest.
Are there mini-courses on technology we could take? Like one on learning HTML code?
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1 comment:
Good post, Jen. I'm glad that you liked the class, but I'm happier still to hear that you're already thinking about how you'll both continue your explorations and share the fruits of those explorations. I know that you'll find ways to do this, Jen. Your group has been really good about this kind of thing.
I'll take your suggestion about content-related tech sessions. It may be a better fit in the methods classes, but I do think it's a good idea.
On your last point, the UM sponsors a great annual tech education project called Enriching Scholarship, but they also have a steady stream of workshops throughout the year. I don't know that the times mesh all that well with a MAC student's responsibilities, but here's where you can check things out:
http://www.umich.edu/~teachtec/workshops.html
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