Now that school has ended here in Central Pennsylvania, most of my GAME plan has come to a halt. Although my GAME plan has temporarily stopped, I still continue to learn a lot of useful information on how to implement technology into my English classes. I have learned that students have a lot to gain through communicating with other students via the Internet. Blogs, wiki, power points and digital story telling are just a few ways to use technology to aid in student learning. Peggy Ertmer (Laureate Education, Inc., 2009) stated in week #3's video, Enriching Content Area Learning; there's a way to integrate technology into any class. Our students are "growing up in the light", they are familiar with technology long before they enter our classroom.
The goal I have set for myself is to continue to embrace and learn new technologies that are available to help my students learn and to make my teaching more solid. I am going to try to incorporate technology into every unit I teach next year. A large part of my summer will require the planning and implementation of technology to help my students learn and grow in a technologically rich society.
In order to improve my approach to the implementation of technology, I am presently searching for a class to take during my summer vacation. I am hoping to find a class that will help me to effectively use a Smart Board. Next year, I will have access to a Smart Board and am hoping to say goodbye to my old "dumb" green chalkboard!
References:
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Enriching content area learning. Baltimore: Author
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Lora:
ReplyDeleteI have good news for you...if you want to get free lessons on how to utilize your SMARTBoard, you just have to go to http://smarttech.com/ and click on resources and then training. They have free lessons that you can download and everything! I work closely with SMART because they sponsor state teachers of the year, and so I have been able to train with them and all of the training I have received is available on their site. They will walk you through specific steps and have 24/7 tech support. If you have any issues just let me know and I will help direct you.
Good luck!