Technology has always been integrated into my classrooms in school. In elementary school my teachers would use power points to express information and to present new ideas to us. They would also use the technology for visual aids to help make their point and to help show us other topics that would have been only made possible to us through field trips. As I entered middle school the teachers began to use technology for review games and for projects. In my high school all of the teachers were becoming more and more dependent on all of the new technology. Throughout my schooling experience I have been surrounded with technology. It has been very helpful in creating projects or in communicating with teachers but it is not always reliable. For instance, even trying to write this blog, my internet was not working and I did know if I was going to be able to complete all of my work. Technology is a good teaching tool but it should not be the only tool used by teachers.
Even though technology is not always reliable, I do plan on using it on a daily basis in my classroom. I hope to be working with elementary aged Autistic children and I really feel like the more that I can help them relate to what I am showing them in the classroom where they feel safe, the more that they will be able to relate to the world around them. I know that my teaching experience will be much different than that of an elementary aged teacher because I will be working with those with special needs, but I still feel that I will be able to use technology, even if it is in its simplest form to help the kids learn more.
As I previously stated I am a special education major and I can not wait to start teaching. I have really been enjoying my other education classes as well. I do have to say that technology can be very frustrating. I seem to be a magnet for technological problems. This is why I hope that I do not have a classroom totally dependent on technology so that if something happens and the server is down or my computer stops working, I will still have other material to cover and that it will not be totally technilogical based.
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It seems like you have a problem with technology. Have you had a bad experience recently? I could tell, I hope it gets fixed. (:
ReplyDeleteI really like your honesty about not being tech savvy. Hopefully, your classroom will only require a little bit of technical skill and you will be able to teach your special education students how to do a few things on the computer! Good luck :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that technology can be completely frustrating. Personally, if one thing decides to break down, it all does. I also think it's really cool that you've decided to teach autistic children. I never would have thought to use technology in that kind of atmosphere, but I think it would be another way to make the children feel more involved with their surroundings.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed hearing about how you used technology when you were a student in elementary school. :)
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