As I searched through the Emerging Ed Tech book I found myself knee deep in educational resources I must admit, I have always been a skeptic when it comes to technology in the classroom. My own fear of technology is the main source of this fear. However, having reviewed the many applications of technology I am finding myself warming up to the prospect of technology, or what I would consider advanced technology, in the classroom.
Google Drive, or one of the similar applications, is something that I would like to use in my classroom. Now that I have a Google Drive I see that there are so many possibilities for collaboration in the classroom for any age or ability level.
I hope that I am one of the lucky teachers who is able to have an iPad in their classroom. The more education classes I am in the more support I see for iPads. There seems to be so many possibilities! There can be apps for all subjects, special education as well as "gamification."
What I like about the "gamification" (the use of games in education) is that there are endless possibilities. Anything has the potential to be a game! By incorporating technology into learning and games, students gain first hand knowledge regarding technology and collaboration, in addition to the content. Some examples are; 4kids.org and learninggamesforkids.com.
Overall there are so many possibilities to connect technology and learning. I have only mentioned a couple in an endless sea of technology learning. I am excited to see how much I am going to rely on technology by the end of this experience.
Having so much technology is really beneficial for us to use in the future and understanding how to use it. The apple store gives you resources to use when you want to teach by using the ipad and buying applications for it. It was a really great find. Here the link http://www.apple.com/education/resources/
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ReplyDeleteToday's students are so advanced with technology that it allows the educational setting to bring in assignments using the internet with little or no problems. Most kids enjoy spending their spare time on the computers, I pads or game systems so implementing an educational game during school hours is a benefit for the students. Please check out Brainpop when you have a chance @ www.brainpop.com Most CCISD campus' have access to this educational site and it great for any grade level.