Discussion 2

Cuban article - It was shocking for me to read that teachers who have access to technology are not using it anymore than if they did not have access to technology. This article is more relevant to teachers who do not teach keyboarding. I see the points made about troubleshooting, computers booting up, and getting the technology set up. Most classrooms are to be equipped with projectors and a teaching computer and those classes who do not have one computer per student can allow students to complete demonstrations on the teaching computer. This allows for teachers to differentiate instruction and it keeps things interesting for the students. Being a career and technical teacher, I am priviledged to have one computer per student and it allows the students to follow along on their computers with what I am doing on the screen. I think we definitely need to encourage integrating technology into all types of classrooms.

Russell article - This article surprised me by saying that most new teachers do not use technology in their classroom as those teachers who have been teaching longer. I think it is important for all teachers to have a class like 7210. If every undergraduate student in the education program took a class like this, they would be able to learn multiple ways to incorporate technology into the classroom. Most of these technologies are simple to implement and teach to the students. Most students these days already know how to use wiki's, blogs, internet, and Microsoft Office components. If the new teachers learned how to create lessons that are technology based while in college, it would be easier to teach with them while they are in their own classroom.