Classroom online presence has an abundant amount of positive benefits. In my past as a student, I was involved in several online classrooms. My presence in these classrooms involves blogging about topics covered in class and responding to peer’s blogs while learning new things from them. Classroom online presence is important for classrooms of all ages. The role of teachers in the 21st century in the classroom is very important. My thoughts about teachers being up to speed on the types of technology use in the classroom worries me. Teachers have so much on their plate as it is and trying to take classes and seminars outside of class will be a time crunch for teachers to get all of their assignments done. After reading LMS Enhances K12 I felt better about teachers getting up to speed while being provided with the easiest way they can learn. LMS Enhances K12 stated, "A government initiative in partnership with two universities is working to improve access by offering Solvable Challenge 25 free, high-quality continuing professional development courses online" this will make learning for the classroom teachers easier and reachable at all times.
Why Teachers Should Blog states that “creating a classroom blog instead of individual blogs foster an online community for your students to extend the classroom beyond the 4 walls” for my future classroom, this is something that I hope to achieve. In my past, I have had experience in blogging for my profession and for my educational journey. Creating a place where students can interact outside of the classroom is important and is beneficial for students to make friends, receive meaningful feedback, and teach their peers. All of my experiences have been positive, thus far. In one of my classes I used a blog site called Blogger. When using blogger, I would post about things I have learned in the class, if I had a question for my teacher, or wanted to document an activity or something I had learned. I found blogging to be very useful for my education. Before researching about blogging, I thought that having a blog in my future classroom would make my students feel involved in each other’s learning process, and after reading Why Teachers Should Blog I was reassured that using a blog in my future classroom will have a positive impact on my class as a whole. Learning management systems are considered a must for both teachers and students. LMS Enhances K12 Instruction mentioned “without LMS, teachers and students trying to access online education tolls must sign in and out of multiple applications, including open education resources, subscription-based learning programs, and websites that teachers created for their courses. Teachers also need to log into the student information system and administrative applications, such as grade books” and I immediately thought about my past experiences with digital resources that did not have an LMS. Digital resources without LMS, took too much time out of the lesson when having to log into the resource with emails, or pay for the resource as a whole. But adding a LMS would make the process much smoother for students and teachers. I believe that having an online classroom presence is important for teachers to learn new things and to use resources that they would not have access to otherwise. Students would benefit from online classroom presence by providing and receiving feedback from peers, learning new information, and accessing resources at places other than the classroom with 4 walls. I am a firm believer is having an online classroom presence whether it is blogging or having an LMS, the possibilities are endless in learning for both students and teachers.
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Challenges in the educational world come up all of the time. But, confronting the challenges of integrating technology into teacher education is a challenge I think is solvable with the proper training of all teachers. Confronting a challenge involving an educational topic is an opportunity to learn as a student and a future teacher. In my past, I have experiences with technology, but hardly any experiences when it comes to integrating technology into the classroom. Sure I have been in a classroom with technology integration and my role was the student. Several experiences include flipped classrooms, online learning, and collaborate interactive learning. Experiences such as the flipped classroom were the most beneficial for myself as a student. I was learning new things about the topic we were covering, but the comprehension level that I researched was a new high because I had to understand what I was teaching to the rest of the class.
Integrating technology into the classroom is a very important skill that I will need to learn as a future educator. I feel somewhat prepared to confront the challenge of integrating technology into the classroom, but I need more training on how to do so successfully. I believe to fully prepare myself for this challenge; I can participate in training sessions on how to integrate technology into the classroom. Horizon Report K-12 Edition stated, “One of the reasons this challenge is perceived as solvable is that it is well understood, and solutions are already available. In the US, the Obama administration’s ConnectED program is earnestly investing the skills of teachers through the support and training in using educational technology tools for improving student learning ” (p. 138). I think that the proper training on how to integrate technology into the classroom, and continuing my education will prepare me to overcome this challenge. Connections between the first video, This Will Revolutionize Education and second video 3D Printing Math Lesson - Grade 3 are clearly made regarding the main concept of both videos. This Will Revolutionize Education talks about how technology should be used to enrich the classroom while 3D Printing Math Lesson - Grade 3 enriches a third grade classroom by using technology to create 3D castles made by students. This project involved math, science, and technology. This Will Revolutionize Education talked about how technology will become an evolution for the classroom and connected to 3D Printing Math Lesson - Grade 3 because this video showed an example with 3D printing. New technologies will be entering the education system and my future classroom. Using new tools and technology will require adequate training and practice in order to use the tools to my best potential. With proper training, technology can make a difference in my future classroom. I portray technology making a difference in my classroom using a strategy as flipped classroom to enhance the comprehension of my students. Literacy is something that can be taught in an abundance of different ways. Learning can be taught by having the students listen (auditory learning), having students do hands-on activities (hands-on learning), and having the students look at what they are learning (visual learning). Before researching further into visual literacy, I was looking forward to learning more about it because I learn best when being able to see what I am working on. In my past visual literacy has been my strength when learning something new, reading something in front of me is easier for me to comprehend than having something read to me. I believe that visual literacy is something that is flourishing and it is a great way to teach young children how to use their eyes to help them think critically. I believe that the combination of visual, auditory, and hands-on literacy is the best way to teach students. The combination ensures that the student will benefit from all ways and the way that they learn the best will benefit them the most! I believe in visual literacy, and think it makes learners more unique when critically thinking. In today’s age, technology is blooming as we speak. What better way to integrate technology into visual literacy and learning? Impact of Visual Literacy Education on Learners stated, “ visual literacy is an important component of literacy learning in the 21st century because our students are growing up in a connected and technological world in which visual content has become increasingly prevalent…teaching students to engage critically with the information they see will prepare them to ask questions that will enable them to determine the creditability, context, message, and purpose of visual media they encounter” and I could not agree more. Technology is becoming one of the most important subjects in education and implementing technology into visual learning make the possibilities endless. Another article, Visual Language and Covering Technologies mentioned that “improvements in human performance from 23 to 89% have been obtained by using integrated visual-verbal diagrams” supports my theory of visually literacy is thriving as we speak. Visual literacy is improving human performance. Another positive to visual literacy includes helping create uniqueness in visual literacy responses. A real life example I have includes a piece of artwork with no text and each student was instructed to write down what they see or feel from the image. The students then shared their thoughts and ideas; some of the ideas were similar. But, some of the ideas were so unique and opened the eyes of other students and made them think in different ways. To me, the most interesting part of visual learning proves how each learner is unique. Visual learning and literacy can be beneficial in so many ways, and even better when integrating technology into the classroom. These articles have confirmed my belief that visual learning is growing and improving education as a whole. Analyzing this brain: I see a brain that is making connections of all kinds. The bright white lines are electrons crossing in order for the brain to relay a message to the human. The brain is hard at work, hence all of the white line connections. At rest the brain would not have as many lines, or none at all. This brain makes me feel sad because of the colors, they are bland and on the sad side (blue). Because of this visual picture, I interpret this brain in a different way then my friend, mom, teacher, and professor would. Works Cited Ashley, M., Gukeisen, K., & Hemmigs-Jones, J. (2013, December). Impact of Visual Literacy Education on Learners. Retrieved October 04, 2016, from http://literacyandschoollibraries.wikispaces.com/Impact of Visual Literacy Education on Learners Horn, R. E. (2001, December 3). Visual Language and Converging Technologies in the Next 10-15 Years (and Beyond). Retrieved October 4, 2016, from http://web.stanford.edu/~rhorn/a/recent/artclNSFVisualLangv.pdf |
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