Blogs relating to technology in the classroom

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/

Broadband Future & Connecting the Real

This blog was about how k-12 education is going to be the largest market for computers in the next decade because teachers need to start incorporating technology into the classroom or else students will soon not be able to function in society. He gave an example of how with the iphone, you can take a picture of any book, CD, DVD, or video game and within seconds, have a rating, description and several links to amazon, and other links.

http://kathyschrock.net/blog/
In this blog, Kathy Schrock talked about " how teachers that have grown up with technology in their lives, "Technology Pioneers" have effectively incorporated technology in their classrooms. However, the "Digital Immigrants," people who have come later to technology have new ways of incorporating technology in the classroom and it is important for these people with their new ideas to share them with the "Digital natives," the new teachers who have no yet experienced technology in the classroom.

From these blogs, I have realized that technology is a bigger part of society than I had thought. In my high school, technology was not incorporated really at all. We had one class our Freshmen year in which we learned how type. They provided us with the least amount they could have possibly done. From this, it was a shock to me to have to make power points and use technology in my projects, presentations, and papers. I had never heard of online journals or other credited websites such as these. I understand now from our first class and after reading these blogs, that technology is a much bigger part of our world than I had thought. I believe that it is vital that more technology be incorporated into classrooms.


When I was looking for a topic to do my my lesson on for this class, I came across so many lesson plans that had websites for the students to link to and use. I was so excited to see all of the fun games and activities that these websites involved. I think that using these websites would have helped me a lot if I were to have used them in elementary school. Literally, almost every lesson plan I clicked on had a link to other websites that involved fun activities for the students to partake in. I think these are a good way for children to learn more efficiently because it allows them to play games while also learning at the same time. I cannot wait to incorporate these websites into my classroom because I think it will really be able to hold the childrens attention and allow them to learn more information at one time.