As I reflect back on this semester with CEP 810, I find that I’ve begun to incorporate more of a technology focused philosophy towards my teaching practices. I’ve always felt that technology is important to use in the classroom setting, but I think this class has showed the value of it and not just as the “cool new thing to do”.
The tech that teachers can use to evaluate student performance, help themselves, and engage students with all has an extremely positive impact on the classroom dynamic and can help increase a teacher’s own teaching practices. Especially since we all know that technology is not going anywhere and will most likely only continue to evolve and push the boundaries, students need to be familiar in these skills and be able to troubleshoot technology problems without someone there to help them. They need to be able to work these pieces of tech and interact with them effectively. As educators, it is important that we are teaching students skills that will help them later in life and these skills are something they will definitely need.
Because of this class, I will definitely be trying to add in more technology into my curriculum for next year and working with students via these platforms. I still need to work out specifically how I will be adding these things into my classroom setting. I have access to computers at my school, but sometimes it is hard to get the chromebook carts, or some websites may be blocked by the school filter (My students had trouble reading/listening to an NPR interview last year because of the filter. IT’S NPR!!) I also wish this class would have given a few more ideas on platforms or websites to use in the classroom.
Mrs. Beamish Learns Tech 