Assembling my semester’s work on my digital portfolio made me realize how much I have learned this semester. I think about technology from a different view now. I am just as gung ho about integrating it in my classroom but I need to take a step back and make sure my methods are aligned with my objectives. These objectives will likely be driven by both 21st-century skills and state standards.
I found that assessing the use of technology in my classroom needs to take into consideration whether my objective is based on digital skills or on the content they are learning about - or both. I think we expect our students to do well both but often don’t define the technology expectations for their work.
While there wasn’t anything truly new to me in this semester’s content I definitely refined my understanding of technology integration. Thinking about next year where I will have 1:1 devices in my classroom will make my lessons quite different. I need to make sure technology use is enhancing and not just replacing.
Many teachers think that simply giving their student a device is integration and I know differently. I don’t want my students to become word processors or digital scrapbookers
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