Did you know that technology has been in the classroom for
centuries? This is absolutely true except it didn’t look like what we are used
to seeing these days as technology yet it was innovative just the same.
Technology can and has been used to enhance communication between teachers and
parents, students and the global community through computers, televisions,
typewriters, printers, even pencils (Dunn, 2011). These innovations have made
it easier for educators to instruct their students as well as communicate with
those outside of the classroom.
In today’s world, with the new technology the classroom doesn’t
end inside the four walls of the classroom. Nor does it end when the child
leaves the classroom. No longer shut out from thigs that happen outside the classroom,
global technology makes it to where every classroom, teacher and student, can
go beyond the four walls and can penetrate the threshold of a school on the
opposite side of the globe.
As an educator, I plan to do everything I can to give my students
the best possible education that I can by whatever means I have available. These
things include parental involvement. Studies prove that increased parental
involvement shows major influence on how well the student succeeds (Ramasubbu,
2015). In my future class parents will not have to figure out what is going on
with their child. I plan to have my website though a third party site like
Google or Weebly.com, the both of them are fairly easy to use and I feel will
be beneficial to the families that will access them.
I plan to teach secondary English so my website will be loaded
with tools geared towards assisting the students’ success in my class. My
website page will include resources for the students to use like an online dictionary
and a thesaurus. I will have links to literature and word games where students
can earn extra credit on their down time. I will add external links to sites
that will be able to assist the students in good state testing prep. I want for
all my students to be able to have a hand up in my classroom. I feel that as
long as I give a student my all when we talk about their education, there is no
reason as to why the students might fail. I plan to add links such as Youtube
videos and commentary on lessons we are learning in class. For the students who
need information presented in a different way other than my teaching methods,
this will be available to them.
With the use of technology comes the need for safety precautions.
A lot of applications used in the schools system are preprogrammed to ensure the
safety of the children. Most have firewalls that are hard to get pass but the
kids are safer when using them. But as we all know adolescent children, they
seem to enjoy walking on the wild side. It is the adults in the lives of the
children that need to show and demonstrate ethical use of technology if we
expect the students to do the same. In my classroom I will expect every student
to know and understand the rules of ethical use of technology in the classroom.
Resources
Dunn, J.
(2011). The evolution of Classroom Technology. Edudemic connecting education & technology. Retrieved from http://www.edudemic.com/classroom-technology/
Ramasubbu,
S. (2015) Using Technology to Enable Parent Teacher Communication. Retrieved
from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/suren-ramasubbu/using-technology-to-enabl_b_6479766.html
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