What I Learned This Week

This week in Technology in the Classroom I learned that there are many different types of technology that can be used in a classroom. But I also learned that different types of technologies could be used for different subjects. I created a math lesson using a Smart Board that my students and I would interact with it. I did a lesson similar to this my senior year in Teacher Academy with 6th grade math students and the only thing I updated was the type of technology I used because I used an overhead instead of a Smart Board. Compared to other lessons that my peers created, I think that I could have been more creative. Some of the lessons that I heard from my peers were very creative and interesting and the feedback from them was good. When thinking about my future classroom, I think that many of the types of technology that are being used in classrooms today will be great for me to use. Like I said in my previous blog post, I think that technology is the future of education and many lessons can revolve or use technology to help students to learn in a different way and for teachers to use for teaching in a different way.

Technology as the future of education

As a future teacher, I need to know all of the important things that happen in a classroom. One of these things that I need to know are the types of technology that my classroom has for my use and for my students. I know that technology is changing and many schools today are using more technology in the classrooms. From my field experiences during my senior year in high school and my freshman year in college, I have seen and worked with many different types of technology in the classroom. The piece of technology that I have used the most in a teaching setting is the overhead. This piece of technology may be old compared to the newer types of technology that are used in classrooms today, but it still works perfectly to display overhead pages for the students to see and the students and teacher can interact with it be writing directly on it. I have also used computers in teaching lessons and students can use them also for school work. I have never used advanced teaching technology like Smartboards but I have seen them being used by other teachers and I feel that this new technology is the future of teaching.

Summer of Movies

I saw a grand total of 14 movies this summer. The most I have ever seen in one time period. The movies that I saw are:
Thor
Bridemaids
Pirates 4
Hangover 2
X Men First Class
Super 8
Green Lantern
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Cars 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Captain America
Cowboys vs. Aliens
Glee 3D Concert
The Help