Twitter and Me

In my SEDU 183 class we have been doing different activities with Twitter. I think it is an interesting way to collaborate with other students and teachers.

 

We have been doing assignments on twitter including chats and quizzes. I think this is a good way to keep students interested and involved because students today are familiar with social networks and using them in class is a new and fun way to do assignments and share ideas with classmates.

I think this is a great new way for teachers teach. It is also a great way for teachers to keep in touch with families and their students outside the classroom.

Using technology in our class has made me realize how helpful and affective it can be for teachers. There are many new teaching opportunities when using technology such as Twitter and I think it is very beneficial.

The Final Frontier

In my computer class today we were assigned to read the article titled Teacher Pedagogical Beliefs: The Final Frontier in Out Quest for Technology Integration. We were then asked to get into groups and discuss what we got from the article. We were to make a power point collaboratively persuading teachers why using technology in the classroom is helpful and giving information from the article we read.

The article explains why teachers may or may not use technology in the classroom. It gives statistics and show results from studies done. It talks a lot about their beliefs, why people believe things, how to change people's beliefs and different types of beliefs.

Working in our groups was a good way to get new perspectives on what other people thought about the article and what they noticed that maybe someone else didn't. Our group worked well together so it made it a fun way to do this project. We brought up good ideas for our discussion and came together to make a well organized power point as a group.

In our presentation we put information from the article that we though was important, statistics and our opinions on what we think about technology in the classroom. We put in an informational video and pictures that show why technology in the classroom is helpful. We also put some links to websites we thought would be beneficial for others to read.