Wow! My mind is spinning with how fast technology is changing. I remember the time before computers! I’ve got to catch up and keep up. By watching these videos I read many unfamiliar terms. I am fearful and nervous with the amount of new information.
How might these tools change my professional practice?
As a Kindergarten teacher, I need to “catch up” and challenge my 5-6 years-olds. They don’t know a world without MP3 players, Wii, and cell phones. However, some of my students have never touched a computer. They don’t know the alphabet, never mind keyboarding. How can I take the technical knowledge and skills they already have and connect these students to the academic world of learning?
In communicating with parents, there is a possibility I might be able to use a blog instead of my weekly newsletter.
How might you be able to use these new tools to engage today's "digital learners?" Why?
If today's children have access to a computer at home and have learned by online computer programs, they will want to continue to learn in this same matter. I want to make learning as interesting and interactive as the learning to which they are accustomed.
I might be able to make learning of the students’ WWW done as an online game or activity. Maybe I could eventually use blogs or podcasts with them in Writer's Workshop.
How might you be able to use these tools to support your own learning?
Tonight I took a course on the fundamentals of the Promethean board. I am so excited to use it in my class. I see how I can use this interactive tool to bring the world and endless learning into the classroom.
I know so little of what is out there. But “little by little walks the egg” (Ethiopian proverb). I have to take those first scary steps, then I hope to be up and running.
Using a blog instead of a weekly newsletter is such a great idea. And - it will save some trees;)
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