My group and I did our discussion today in class about chapter 10 in Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology.
We gave directions first and then split them up into groups, but in the first round we should have been more precise in explaining what they are expected to be talking about. We separated into groups and did a jigsaw discussion, but forgot to call it that. This would have given the students more of an idea of what was happening, rather than explaining it all. In the Jigsaw we did use many dicuts and colors, to try to get students into even amount of groups, and discussing with different students. I feel that this would also work extremely well with elementary students. We used the ELMO, to visualize the answers that the students gave in 20 words or less about their vision of technology in the future in education. We should have been more prepared, and explained that students did need to bring a piece of paper to write on. Otherwise we could have supplied it to the students.
It would have been interesting if we used the 20 word summary from each group, and summarized into one idea within the class. This would have been extremely effective and gave a complete closure to the chapter.
Those of us who care about education should do whatever we can to see that our children are educated the best they can to live in a technology-rich society.(145)
It's an interesting thought that we are teaching students for their future, which will inevitably involve way more technology that is used now.
Dr. Boyer came up with an extremely interesting though, when we all were thinking that interactive white boards is great NEW technology, really it is not. There are MANY more things that can be implemented into the classroom, and is only reinforcing poor teaching habits teachers make. It is simply a touch power point. Students should be interactive.
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