Sunday, February 14, 2010
Discussion 4
"The lack of technology-related classroom management knowledge and skill is another barrier to technology integration into the curriculum." After reading this article, this sentence seemed to stay with me. I feel like we all know how we would integrate technology into the classroom; but as stated in class, most of us are not sure we know how to manage the students while they are on the computer or while we are presenting a powerpoint. For example, I will be demonstrating how to manipulate text in a word document and the students will be following along on their own computers. It is a difficult task to monitor and make sure the students are not on the internet instead of following along. It is however easier to monitor and manage computer usage when the students are working individually or in groups because I am able to be mobile. The reason this sentence stood out to me instead of anything else in the article is because it should be a focal point in teacher preparation. I know I only had one class on classroom management and know that most things are to be learned from experience; but it would be nice to be able to get some scenario experience at the undergraduate level. These are just some thoughts.
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Up to this point, this has been the most interesting article to me. I can relate to this article, because it's very similar to the teaching situation that I'm in now. With all the technology in the classroom that the students have available to them makes it very hard to monitor all the students. The students are always searching for different ways to become unmonitored. The computers also provide the students with a lot of options that they can become off-task by using. Another challenge that I see in the classroom, is that the students ability to use technology also varies. Some students are more use to use technology than others. Student who are not as as good at using the computers can develop into behavior problems, because they are bored and frustrated. The amount of time that it takes most teachers to develop a single lesson that has a emphasis on using technology does take time. It's very difficult to develop lessons daily that keep the students interested. I can to me it's not really the ability to use the technology that we have, but being creative and keeping the students interested.
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