Exit Slip: 12/2/2010

We began class today by watching a video of a teacher who integrates technology in her classroom. We discussed some of the ways she integrated technology in her classroom. The key ways she shared were:

·        Smart Board for lessons and activities: cooperative learning, engagement, & participation

·         Posts daily blog and assignments online (open classroom/recognition)

·         Students do online collaborative projects: share projects with peers around the world

·         Students post blogs about current events and classroom activities: share opinions, active members of society

·         Students used laptops and desktop computers

We then looked into which things we could do before, couldn't do before, and things we could do but can do better with technology. Some of the things that we can do better now is the open classroom idea, current events, and sharing perspectives. It is important to look into which things we can do better with technology because we don't want to integrate technology into our classroom just for the heck of it. Technology should be used when it can improve lessons and students' learning.

We then looked into some brilliant things and stupid things teachers can do with technology. Jeff used the jigsaw method so we all shared one idea until we had learned seven new ideas. The ones I shared were that teachers should use technology to empower students. Students who are good writers can become better writers, and so on and so forth. The other idea I shared was that teachers need to back-up data. I liked the jigsaw for this activity because I was able to get all the ideas without reading both articles.