After the first class, I really learned a lot about technology and how to incorporate it into education. Before the class Monday night, the only thing I knew about incorporating technology into the classroom was by using PowerPoint presentations. I feel like even though it was only one class, I really learned a lot. I never knew about Scavenger Hunts WebQuests or anything about NET*T and NET*S. One of the things that I’m most excited to do is create a web quest that incorporates Blooms Taxonomy. I think it’s a great way for students to learn and at the same time, master computer skills. After reading the first blog which was (http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/) I learned about the consequences of abusing technology in the classroom and why it should be punished. It was actually very interesting to me. Firstly, before the first class, I never really thought about incorporating technology in the classroom so I certainly never thought about the possible consequences of it. Secondly, I suppose because I personally never did anything “bad” such as hacking into other people’s accounts while using computers at school, I never really thought about what the possible consequences for it could be. The article doesn’t really specify how abuse of technology in the classroom should be punished and I think that brings up an interesting question: What should the punishment be?
Another blog that I read was (http://www.post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/502546.html?nav=5018.
The title of it is called “Education Changing by Incorporating Technology,” written by Alexander Gerould. This article basically talks about how technology is revolutionizing education today. It didn’t specifically change my views on anything that I learned so far. I knew that technology was becoming more and more important in education; I just wasn’t sure how I could incorporate it into a French class. However, an interesting thing that I did find when reading was that they now have digital textbooks. I’m not exactly sure if that would be a positive thing for students because there have been studies where vision problems have been linked to constantly working on a computer.
