Throughout our Walden journey as online students to integrate content into our classrooms we started with the understanding of the “big question” and our ability to reflect on the importance of technology in our classrooms. This online class system provides us a challenge to determine how we can use our newfound knowledge to establish a structure with our peers in which we learn from each other how to bring the knowledge back into our classrooms.
Vicki Davis tells us how bringing technology to bear in the classroom will give us the ability to interact with our peers and experts around the world, as well as discovering the value of an authentic audience to give and receive ongoing feedback (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010a). The benefits of collaboration and discussion provide great answers for the opportunity to give back to our students, schools, and community. Adapting technology-both physical and virtual-will help bring about the systematic reform of 21st Century classroom practice.
One of the lessons I have learned about integrating technology in the classroom is the importance of the teacher creating opportune conditions for learning. According to Dr. Patricia Alexander, since both teachers and students travel together through the same stages of development, acclimation, competence, and proficiency, actions influence the goals in the relationship between teaching and learning (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011).
In the implementation of classroom social networking technology, often the teacher is the one doing the catching up with his/her students in order to provide the tools for asynchronous interaction in the classroom. Our school district is in the process of establishing a Bring Your Own Device [BYOD] that will first enable teachers to set up their personal devices to establish technology in the classroom. Once the program is viable for teachers and administrators, students will be allowed to submit forms necessary to participate.
According to Vicki Davis, some of the benefits include the ability to work in and out of school as well as giving students opportunity develop extra-curricular technology activities. Since some students in the alternative classroom prefer communicating online more than face-to-face in the traditional classroom, this may lead to higher levels of student performance (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010b). I have followed Vicki Davis on her Twitter account, and invite you to do the same.
Since becoming familiar with developing a blog and working with my peers in a wiki environment, challenges remain if I am going to be able to transfer this knowledge into everyday classroom scenarios. In order to implement the program as painlessly as possible, I will have to establish protocol, determine the best outcome based on student dynamics, and divide up responsibilities to ensure group goals are met (Cennamo, et al., 2009, p. 43).
In light of the technology that has established prominence in 2013, Twitter will become a primary method of contact between teacher and students. Because of stringent District social networking firewalls in place, I will have to substitute the twitter-like environment with TodaysMeet, a great way to engage students with their cellphones, tablets, or the computer station they are assigned to.
References:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010a). Spotlight on technology: Social networking and online collaboration – Part I [Video webcast]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_ 1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3F%26id=_2822226_1%26url=
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010b). Spotlight on technology: Social networking and online collaboration – Part II [Video webcast]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_ 1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3F%26id=_2822226_1%26url=
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2011). Teaching and learning [Video webcast]. Retrieved from
https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsptab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_1342498_1%26url%3D
Vicki Davis tells us how bringing technology to bear in the classroom will give us the ability to interact with our peers and experts around the world, as well as discovering the value of an authentic audience to give and receive ongoing feedback (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010a). The benefits of collaboration and discussion provide great answers for the opportunity to give back to our students, schools, and community. Adapting technology-both physical and virtual-will help bring about the systematic reform of 21st Century classroom practice.
One of the lessons I have learned about integrating technology in the classroom is the importance of the teacher creating opportune conditions for learning. According to Dr. Patricia Alexander, since both teachers and students travel together through the same stages of development, acclimation, competence, and proficiency, actions influence the goals in the relationship between teaching and learning (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011).
In the implementation of classroom social networking technology, often the teacher is the one doing the catching up with his/her students in order to provide the tools for asynchronous interaction in the classroom. Our school district is in the process of establishing a Bring Your Own Device [BYOD] that will first enable teachers to set up their personal devices to establish technology in the classroom. Once the program is viable for teachers and administrators, students will be allowed to submit forms necessary to participate.
According to Vicki Davis, some of the benefits include the ability to work in and out of school as well as giving students opportunity develop extra-curricular technology activities. Since some students in the alternative classroom prefer communicating online more than face-to-face in the traditional classroom, this may lead to higher levels of student performance (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010b). I have followed Vicki Davis on her Twitter account, and invite you to do the same.
Since becoming familiar with developing a blog and working with my peers in a wiki environment, challenges remain if I am going to be able to transfer this knowledge into everyday classroom scenarios. In order to implement the program as painlessly as possible, I will have to establish protocol, determine the best outcome based on student dynamics, and divide up responsibilities to ensure group goals are met (Cennamo, et al., 2009, p. 43).
In light of the technology that has established prominence in 2013, Twitter will become a primary method of contact between teacher and students. Because of stringent District social networking firewalls in place, I will have to substitute the twitter-like environment with TodaysMeet, a great way to engage students with their cellphones, tablets, or the computer station they are assigned to.
References:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010a). Spotlight on technology: Social networking and online collaboration – Part I [Video webcast]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_ 1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3F%26id=_2822226_1%26url=
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010b). Spotlight on technology: Social networking and online collaboration – Part II [Video webcast]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_ 1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3F%26id=_2822226_1%26url=
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2011). Teaching and learning [Video webcast]. Retrieved from
https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsptab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_1342498_1%26url%3D