But I just can't accept that as my answer. I think we're ripping these kids off if we do that. We have to be finding time to learn and engage them in the classroom. Learning is messy, yes sometimes technology breaks, slows us down, or doesn't meet the expectations we have; but we must persist. The kids in our classes deserve it.
I've been reading the discussion posts in this course and the light switches going on and excitement created in our class' is motivating to me. Has it been for you? There are some great things going on and I'm excited to hear about it; knowing that there are more students today reaching those higher order thinking skills of create, evaluate, analyze, apply, understand, and remember; through wikis, voicethreads, google docs, delicious, and many more.
My point about time I guess is that this week we can look at how to save time. Through an RSS reader we can have great content delivered to us like a newspaper on the porch. If you can stay with Classroom20, Twitter, Plurk, Delicious or Diigo, you will save time and learn so much; I can promise.
I've thoroughly enjoyed working and learning with every one of you this session. I hope that you were able to get something to take back to your classroom or school and show someone else. If you ever have any questions I am always available via email, or tweet.
2 comments:
Great post. I instruct at Memorial University of Newfoundland, there are so many faculty and staff that refuse to try new technology, and the students are really missing out. I try to incorporate as much as possible, my students are seeing Google Docs, Sites, Twitter, Google Earth, Sliderocket, and countless YouTube videos and animations. I want to keep my students technologically current, and expose them to technology that they won't see in other labs/courses. Hope your teaching year is going well ,teaching is so rewarding hey?
Thanks Sheldon, yeah it is tough to "rally" the troops at times, but we must keep on keeping on. :) The kids are the priority in the classroom not our pedagogy or teaching style. It's so important to be adaptable and i learn that from the great teachers I meet and work with.
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