Technology+Intergration

Technology Intergration is all about how we can use the world wide web and new tools in the classroom. I was amazed to see so many useful and free programs that are available. I particular enjoyed the stories about how excited and interactive the kids were with the new tools. I think thats there an endless possiblity with how technology can be used in a classroom. below is a short submission about Technology Intergration.

The short video I would chose to review was entitled “Digital Youth Portrait: Carmon” .Carmon is a bright motivated young student that uses technology to further not only his school work but also his extracurricular activities. I found this video interesting for multiple reasons; First, it was pretty amazing what he could do with a camera, video and film and how it he was so motivated to learn more about multiple using the new technologies. In one part, he had helped his math teacher make a more visual and creative lesson for multiplying integer with a movie that demonstrated some of their properties. I thought this was a nice approach, because the class seemed more interested in the math lesson, Cameron was able help his fellow students and himself understand integers better and the teacher increased her own personal technologic skills and a new tool for teaching her students.Cameron demonstrated how when you properly use technology, it can exponential increase learning, development and fun for both student and teacher. After reviewing the Integrating Technology lesson, I am even more aware of how important technology in the class is. Children are growing up in an age where technology is a facet in all dimensions of their lives, including learning. Personally, the most interesting part of the video for me is how deeply ingrained techonology is in today’s child; for example that they text instead of calling a friend or playing online games is as an important source of interest and pride as a playing a competitive sport. This means, it is so vital that teachers understand how to intergrate the WWW into their classrooms. Some of the suggestions that I like in lessons were using the WWW every day, like checking the weather, if you were concurrently studying weather in class. I would also appreciated the idea of having an online weekly math problem, which would let students use their computer and while working on core subject. I asking students to do power points, movies and allowing them to use their computer as creatively as possible. For teachers, I would defiantly like to use tools like online chat rooms for students and parents and also grading.