The first chapter of the book contained a lot of information that I found useful but just like technology, some of the information may be obsolete by the time I become a teacher. I am somewhat conflicted on the subject on using technology in the classroom. I feel as though young people in general are very visual learners and the use of technology may make them more engaged in the material. However, I would not want to use it as a crutch or overwhelm the student by making the class completley technology based because there is likely going to be technology classes available for quite some time going forward.
In the book, something I found very intriguing was a quote from the 1960s from Phillip Jackson that said teaching responsibilities consist of 200 seperate and interpersonal interactions every hour, 6 hours a day, for 180 school days each year. That is very overwhelming when you take in to consideration that now technology is implemented within the classrom.
When I observed classes last semester I noticed that one teacher would do something different every single day and he did incorporate technology in his lessons. One day he would use a power point presentation to convey the lesson, the next day he would show a video, and the day after that he would show a video with questions and have the students answer them. I asked him after class what made him construct the class in this fashion and he said that students will get bored if you do the same thing everyday no matter how fun it may seem, so everyday he changes it up a little bit. I feel as though this is a good approach when it comes to technology in the classroom.
I am excited to explore the rest of the book and see how my perspective changes or stays consistent throughout the semester through this blog. Thank you for reading and I will react to the next reading shortly.
DAVID
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