• What types of technology have you used as a teacher (to teach students) and as a student (to learn)? • What do you feel makes a “great” teacher? • What experiences have you had with the West Virginia 21st Century Standards?
So far as a teacher I have not had a whole lot of opportunities to use technology. I usually only read books with the students, or helped them with their classwork. My mentor teacher last year was not a fan of technology, so she did not use it unless she had to. I went to the computer lab with them a few times to work on their "e-pals" assignment, where they wrote to students from another school. It sounds like a good idea in theory, but it also seemed like it wasted a lot of time using the computers. Sometimes they wouldn't work, or wouldn't let students log in, and of course someone was always forgetting his/her password. So my experiences teaching technology have not been great thus far. I am hoping that will change this semester. For the first time ever, I am in a classroom with a Smart Board, and have seen the students using it to write spelling words. I am actually planning on using the Smart Board to teach my 21st Century Individual Lesson.
As a student, technology has made my educational experience much easier. I can e-mail teachers whenever I have a question and almost always get a quick response. In one of my biology classes, my teacher had a review session the night before the test as a live chat on ecampus. I really loved that, and thought it was a great idea.
I have had experience with the West Virginia 21st Century Standards because last semester I had an Elementary Health class where we had to create a unit plan with at least ten lesson plans. Of course, each lesson had to meet the correct CSO. My mentor teacher told me that the first thing she does before creating a lesson or unit is look at the CSO’s she must meet and then she creates her lessons around them.
The most important quality in a teacher to me is that they are kind and helpful about answering questions. I have had hard classes in the past, but I had great teachers that helped me through it and were always willing to answer my questions. They never made me feel stupid. I hope to be this kind of teacher to my future students.
Question: Being both a teacher and a student at this point in our lives, how has technology helped/hindered your learning?
I haven't had much experience teaching with technology in my PDS, but I have used technology to teach lessons in my classes at WVU. I feel it greatly complimented what was taught.
The West Virginia 21st Century Standards are something I am very familiar with as well. I have used them a great deal. I even used them in my music class last spring; this was quite a learning experience because I didn't realize the arts had their own CSO's.
I also want to be that teacher that students feel comfortable to talk to and ask questions. I feel one can learn just about anything if the instructor has a good attitude and teaches to meet all needs.
Technology definately has glitches. There have been several times I have submitted homework online and it not gone through because a browser was down or something similar. I'm not sure things like this hinder my education as much as frustrate me. I love the fact we can sit down at our computers and submit homework or chat with a professor without making office hours. Technology, in my case, has greatly helped my educational experience.
• What types of technology have you used as a teacher (to teach students) and as a student (to learn)?
ReplyDelete• What do you feel makes a “great” teacher?
• What experiences have you had with the West Virginia 21st Century Standards?
So far as a teacher I have not had a whole lot of opportunities to use technology. I usually only read books with the students, or helped them with their classwork. My mentor teacher last year was not a fan of technology, so she did not use it unless she had to. I went to the computer lab with them a few times to work on their "e-pals" assignment, where they wrote to students from another school. It sounds like a good idea in theory, but it also seemed like it wasted a lot of time using the computers. Sometimes they wouldn't work, or wouldn't let students log in, and of course someone was always forgetting his/her password. So my experiences teaching technology have not been great thus far. I am hoping that will change this semester. For the first time ever, I am in a classroom with a Smart Board, and have seen the students using it to write spelling words. I am actually planning on using the Smart Board to teach my 21st Century Individual Lesson.
As a student, technology has made my educational experience much easier. I can e-mail teachers whenever I have a question and almost always get a quick response. In one of my biology classes, my teacher had a review session the night before the test as a live chat on ecampus. I really loved that, and thought it was a great idea.
I have had experience with the West Virginia 21st Century Standards because last semester I had an Elementary Health class where we had to create a unit plan with at least ten lesson plans. Of course, each lesson had to meet the correct CSO. My mentor teacher told me that the first thing she does before creating a lesson or unit is look at the CSO’s she must meet and then she creates her lessons around them.
The most important quality in a teacher to me is that they are kind and helpful about answering questions. I have had hard classes in the past, but I had great teachers that helped me through it and were always willing to answer my questions. They never made me feel stupid. I hope to be this kind of teacher to my future students.
Question: Being both a teacher and a student at this point in our lives, how has technology helped/hindered your learning?
I haven't had much experience teaching with technology in my PDS, but I have used technology to teach lessons in my classes at WVU. I feel it greatly complimented what was taught.
ReplyDeleteThe West Virginia 21st Century Standards are something I am very familiar with as well. I have used them a great deal. I even used them in my music class last spring; this was quite a learning experience because I didn't realize the arts had their own CSO's.
I also want to be that teacher that students feel comfortable to talk to and ask questions. I feel one can learn just about anything if the instructor has a good attitude and teaches to meet all needs.
Technology definately has glitches. There have been several times I have submitted homework online and it not gone through because a browser was down or something similar. I'm not sure things like this hinder my education as much as frustrate me. I love the fact we can sit down at our computers and submit homework or chat with a professor without making office hours. Technology, in my case, has greatly helped my educational experience.