Where do I start with Math Mammoth?
5 years ago
Monday, January 25, 2010
21st Century School Models
It came to my attention the fact about, if your classroom does not have the correct resources then you're wasting your time making a lesson plan. This stood out to me, because in all of our readings and lectures we speak as if our future classroom will be stocked full of technology and high-speed internet access. I imagine some classrooms are like that, but not all of them. I believe when I do have my own classroom and I do have access to the internet I will use it when it fits into my lesson plan. After taking this class, I will have acquired all the skills to put into my curriculum. It would be my dream for my future classroom to have all laptops instead of monitors for the students. There is the risk of the laptops breaking with younger children, but they would not take as much room as a monitor would.
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I appreciate that you are open to trying the activities that I am proposing in this class. I recognize that not every classroom will be loaded with technology. You might not even have such simple necessary things like old fashioned textbooks or enough paper to print what you want day in and day out. But if you just use technology to access the Internet to find interesting curriculum for your students then you are way ahead of teachers that don't. All of the schools in Oregon have high speed Internet access, most classrooms have at least one teacher computer, a projector and a copy machine for the school. Most schools stream video for students rather than use film projectors and most schools use email to communicate with parents. Should we ignore the use of technology just because we don't have instant access to all of the hardware? I know that becoming a teacher can seem overwhelming with all of the things that you are expected to be an expert at. Technology can provide you with the tools to be successful.
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