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Chapter 12 Digital Blog Post L

            After finally being able to read over this chapter I found out some really interesting things about technology in the classroom and creating change as teachers once I get to that point.

            The section I was most intrigued by in this chapter spoke about a title I’ve never heard of before; it was ‘Inclusion and Infusion of Technology’. This section spoke about inclusion being computers and other information that technology is used for to help practice and develop educational skills. Infusion means the computers and other information technologies are connected into the daily lives of the student. This was really interesting to me because it shows how much technology has adapted into our classrooms and into the students daily life. This should provide more opportunities for the students to have every possible advantage to learn and control his or hers schoolwork throughout the year.

            The second concept I enjoyed from this chapter was about technology being inter-graded into the classroom in all types of ways. My favorite idea would be to use digital textbooks in the classroom. Though, this type of learning may be expensive because the type of equipment isn’t cheap. I think it would provide the students with an excellent visual aid while they are reading; allowing them to stop and just tap a video to explain what they read more personally at the tap of a button just makes the learning process so much more groundbreaking. They would also be able to share what they read with their peers and interact in conversation easier. Along with being able to do fun interactive games to help them understand what they’re learning, I just wish I had that kind of technology growing up.

            The last concept I enjoyed was about laptop computing in our school system. What I understood from this was that every student would be given a school issued laptop or tablet to allow them to complete their homework, daily assignments, and communicate with teachers and their peers for discussions and projects. This sounded so cool to me, as a student I would have dreamed for it. To have all your needs at the grasp of your hands, you could have all your work easily accessible and all done in a timely manner, there wouldn’t be any excuse for it. Drawbacks would obviously be breaking them or having them be stolen or lost, it seems like a great idea, but maybe a little ways down the road.

Resources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

www.YouTube.com//SmartClass.Interactive.Classroom.Managment/MichaelShowham.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZ9hMm_5-0