Technology in the classroom is not a new concept to my generation. I remember my "computer" class in high school was computer programming. Yes, I know I have just dated myself. I also remember getting Ping, one of the first video games, for Christmas.
As an educator technology has constantly changed throughout my career. When I started teaching the computer lab was for the students to use as a word processor or play games on floppy disks. Now, they are scoping the vast resources and tools on the internet as well as using the computers as social media conduits and writing instruments!
To keep up with technology, and my students, I have enrolled in a Technology Integration course as well as a blended and online teaching course. Our class has asked us to begin a blog to respond to several questions from our course.
The first question posed is: How could you adapt or change one of the current class/course policies to reflect a moving mindset? Is a change you are willing to make? Why or Why not?
I would like to change the curriculum policy of my classroom to take the traditional curriculum and adapt it to be a student centered learning environment with 1:1 technology. I am always willing to make changes in my teaching and classroom. Our world is every changing as well as technology. We must keep up with the world our students live in. That is the only way our students will see us, the teachers, as real. You can't teach like families are like the Cleavers. We are dealing with students have a variety of social influences and paradigms.
