Amanda Calame Hood
“How to Teach with Technology”
By Sara Bernard
Position Statement: There is a multitude of technology based projects supported by accessible programs that can help teachers develop innovative lessons submerged in technology.
There are extensive resources available to teachers who are interested in developing engaging lessons to make math, science, language arts, and social studies more interesting than just using a textbook. Many of these resources are based in simple programs that are available for free through Microsoft or internet based programs. Skype, videos, podcasts, digital journals, and texting are simple ways for teachers to make connections with their students. Application of information is so much more beneficial to the student versus regurgitation of information from notes and a textbook.
Engaging students through technology based projects tends to meet a student in the world they live in. Today’s students are immersed in technology throughout their daily lives. Videos, movies, music, blogging, texting, and social networks are just samples of the normalcy of technology to our students. Instead of forcing them to learn information as we did years ago, we should work outside of our comfort zone to broaden our repertoire of strategies that embrace the technology that is so familiar to our students. We should not drag our students back to the “good ole’ days” for them to learn multiplication, chemistry, or biographical information; we should embrace the future and the technology that rules it. Not only are we to teach information, we are responsible for teaching our students to be successful in today’s world. That world includes Skype, videos, podcasts, interactive boards, blogs, wikis, and social networks. Student learning will reach new heights if we, as educators, embrace this technology instead of avoid it.
Works Cited
Bernard, Sara. “How to Teach with Technology”, Edutopia, June 2009. http://online.montevallo.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_4499_1%26url%3d. 02/21/10.
Bernard, Sara. “How to Teach with Technology”, Edutopia, June 2009. http://online.montevallo.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype%3dCourse%26id%3d_4499_1%26url%3d. 02/21/10.
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