Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is a really nice resource that teachers can use for their classes. its a fun and interactive system that will get kids excited to do work. as for me and my class i don't see myself using web 2.0. mostly because i will be teaching P.E and i don't have the need to use computers in the classroom. in fact the point of my P.E class is to get students away from computers as much as possible and get the students out playing games and getting active for 45 minutes a day.

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technology literacy

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Technology should be used in education because students these days need to be stimulated to learn. The best way to do that these days is to use technology such as smart boards and computer software. It seems like students don’t want to learn from teachers anymore. They rather learn from a computer program or the internet. The way of learning is changing and teacher s need to keep up.

Since I teach p.e my class room does not really use too much technology. The only thing they may use is a TV to watch a video tape of an aerobic teacher or something like that.

I don’t think there is a level of technology in my classroom. I will be in a gym so the need for technology is not great at all. There are a couple of things in technology that can help me in the gym. One is DVD players; I can put in a DVD and let the students watch an aerobic video for class. There is also DDR which is a video game where the kids dance on a pad to music to get exercise and it’s pretty cool.

GLE Arts Grade 4- The GLE requires that students acquire skills necessary to create, to perform, and to respond effectively to the arts. 1.1- To understand and apply concepts and vocabulary to communicate ideas: Identify different multimedia forms used to produce and present works of art: graphics, photography, animation, moving image, audio and video. For this one I would have the students do some sort of power point project to practice the basic functions of PowerPoint and get them use to computers

GLE Reading Grade 4- The GLE requires students to understand and use different skills and strategies to read. 1.5- Use features of nonfiction text and computer software: Recognize organizational features of electronic information such as pull- down menus, key word searches, icons, etc. For this example I could teach the students a basic computer lesson

GLE Health and Fitness Grade 10- The GLE The student analyzes and evaluates the impact of real-life influences on health. 3.2-Gather and analyze health information: Analyze the effect of media and technology on personal and community health policy and health promotion. For this example I could have the students do a research paper on a medical condition using the internet as resource. Then they could also have a power point to explain there presentation even more.

Week 3

The elementary that I will be working at called challenger elementary I went and visited there website today to see what is like. When I first saw it, I was not overly impressed by it. It was kind of plain, no flashy colors or anything like that it had a couple of pictures on it that were nice. The website was nice that is easy to navigate all of the different directories were nicely put on the top of the website for easy navigation. It has good information for parents or visitors. It has the schools WASL scores, number of children, ways to contact all of the teachers, calendars, all sorts of good stuff. Overall for an elementary school website I thought it was a really good website, it was simple and easy website to navigate.

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Week 2

The article engage me or enrage me is an excellent article about technology and education. Kids these days have so much stuff to get their attention at home. I can just look at my own apartment and I have a TV, 360, and a computer and that is probably tame compared to some 6th graders out there. Like the article said teacher are going to have to learn how to teach using technology so that they can engage the student to help them learn. Because it’s true if you don’t engage the student then you won’t be able to teach them, and that’s what technology is doing for teachers now helping teachers engage students.

Week 1

My reason for becoming a teacher is actually quiet simple. I just feel that God has given me the gift of working with children. I also believe that I have the gift of sports and being able to teach about sports. So about 3 years ago I came to the conclusion that I should put those two qualities together and become a P.E. teacher.
Technology in the classroom is imperative because kids are so visually stimulated these days because of TV and videogames that if a teacher does not have some sorts of technology to get the kids interested the kids won’t listen. The way teachers teach is starting to change and technology is now become a teacher’s friend and helping kids learn.