Research on teaching with Technology

I did research on several topics about teaching with technology and I was absolutely interested. I found many articles on student centered learning and this is what I am most interested in. These articles talked about the how the way that students today are learning, has vastly changed. Students are responding less and less to the usually classroom routine of lecture leaning. In today's society people of all ages are using technology to discover information. With the web and the technology to access the web being much more accessible learning styles have changed and teachers should embrace this change.

Classrooms should be set up to allow students to access and discover the information rather then sit and listen to lectures about the information. This new technology also provides educational activities for students to sharpen there skills while having fun. Classrooms and educators should create an environment that allows students to learn in the new ways without being an inconvience

What this movement means to me and other educators

This new technology integrated in to education is an amazing movement. As an educator I will need to make an extreme effort to keep up with technology and how it can be used in the classroom. I see myself using things like the ladybug. smart boards, you tube, and the web. I would also love to have access to computers in the classroom and use interactive educational games as a center. These tools will greatly assist me in reaching the different styles of my students. One example being media. Media has great potential in reaching students who learn visually, auditory, and if there is something like a song with the video then the kinesthetic learners will be reached as well. 


Helping students evaluate the accuracy and appropriateness of content on the web. Before allowing the students to search there needs to be clear guidelines. The classroom can spend some time at the beginning of the school year and cover the guidelines of the internet. The web allows the students to discover the information rather than just memorize and repeat the lecture. I believe that using these tools in the classroom would be extremely beneficial to the student, the teacher and the classroom as a whole. 

Reflection Blog Posting:

Before this class I had never heard nor seen Portaportal. I have no idea what that meant and how easily it could be used. Once I got on I didn't want to stop using it. This would be a great site for teachers to organize activities. With so many resources listed online for lesson plans, activities, and creative classroom ideas it is very important to keep those materials organized and this Portaportal helps with that so much. I honestly believe that if I had the resources in my classroom, that every student would have their own portaportal so that they could organize the educational activities and other resources used to do research. This would save time and confusion, and possibly make doing research more enjoyable for the student.

In my opinion, the traditional way of teaching is not nearly as effective because the traditional way of learning has greatly changed. The web has provided access to almost any answer you are seeking, and does it at such a fast past. Children today are still interested in learning, however, to keep that interest going we, as teachers, must feed into the passion for technology the students share. Incorporating technology and technology based lessons into the classroom could prove to be very beneficial. Keeping interest and attention is key when trying to not only teach something, but have a learner LEARN something.