This week has been stressfull for the whole Anglo-saxon community and the blogs I followed showed no acception.
Though I can't complain about how every website is exploding with post-election articles (since the issue really must be addressed... really.) I, personally don't believe in combining political views and subject matter so I will only discuss one article today.
CoolCatTeacher's article "The Secret to Effective Technology Integration in Schools" popped out at me this week as if it were created for this course.
we've all been thinking of ways to Integrate technology into our lessons for some time now. When I make lesson plans I think of ways to make my lessons fun and I ask myself how the students will best remember the matirial. That is why I was suprised to find this arrticle.
The article talkes about how many schools translate "Integration" in to "the buying of new tech supplies" (computers, Ipads etc').
Guys... THIS IS NOT TRUE!
CoolCatTeacher: "Technology can make a good teacher better, but there is no technology fix to make a poor teacher anything but poor."
Yes, technology is important for many many reasons but first, let's make sure we are educaters, not babysitters. Let's make sure technology is an aid in our classroom and not a crutch.
"The greatest things in this life aren’t for sale. The greatest things in life always have to be worked for, and an effective education technology is no exception."
Tal Berlinger
spot on
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