When I think about using technology in a classroom cell phones, ipods, and social networking sites aren't the first to come to mind. When I think of integrating technology in the classroom I automatically think of computers, Powerpoint, Microsoft, things along that line. I think this is because I use my cell phone, facebook, myspace, email, ect. for personal reasons. I can't think of an appropriate use of these technologies in the classrooms for educational purposes. If I integrated social networking sites into a lesson, students could get off track and not concentrate on the assignment. The same goes for cell phones. I would be very interested in seeing a lesson plan for integrating facebook or cell phones because I know I can't think of any. However, I feel as though Youtube could go both ways. If the teacher is using the site to show the class videos, then that would be acceptable. I, as a teacher would not want my students searching on Youtube for videos. Even though some videos may be very beneficial, there are a lot of inappropriate videos that I would not want to be held responsible for having my students view it.
After taking this class, I can now see how a blog or wiki can be used appropriately, but only for older grades. Younger children may not understand the concepts of it, but maybe with parent cooperation it could possibly go alright. I feel some technology is simply for personal use only, that shouldn't be brought into the classroom unless there's a lesson where it's very appropriate. There's other technologies that could be used for personal use, as well as educational and those are the ones that should be integrated into your classrooms [blogs, powerpoint, microsoft, cd players/ipods].
-Kera Valentin
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I definitely agree with what you were saying about using YouTube in the classroom. I agree that it is a great tool for teachers to use when instructing the class on a particular topic, but I allowing them to surf the site would be a disaster waiting to happen. Like we discussed in class last week, one video could be extremely educational and appropriate, but the next could be something completely inappropriate such as pornography. We definitely wouldn't want that to pop up on any student's screen.
ReplyDelete-Lisa Wojcik :)
Hey Kera,
ReplyDeleteI agree with a lot of the things you said- especially about things like facebook and cellphones being more of a distraction than an educational experience. I also like the point you made about youtube and how it can go both ways. I feel as though youtube is an effective tool for techers if they screen educational videos ahead of time but I too wouldn't want to take the blame for students looking up videos and coming across something innappropriate.
-Meg wilson