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.