How do I know this software improves my students motivation? Do my students know how to use softwares? These are questions teachers may always ask themselves before incorporating technology in the classrooms. There are evaluation that can help a teacher evaluate when performing technology in the classrooms. The following are evaluation to use in consideration:
Formative Evaluations
Summative Evaluations
Developing Sound Evaluation Questions
When a reading teacher wants to use a CD-rom to use for a read along with a novel, she will observe the students and see if the students improve their reading comprehension with the read-along novel. The CD-rom is a benefit when reading along because it use background noise, sounds and expresses characters voices that the students can follow while reading. The teacher will learn if the CD-rom has increase the students performance or reading academic comprehension.
When it comes to using emerging technology like blogging, the teacher will need to evaluate before incorporating blogging in the classroom by asking herself "Does the student need trainging on how to use a blog"? or "does this impact student literacy?". While the teacher use blog in the classroom, from there on, the teacher will see if students participate in blogging.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Emerging Technology in classrooms
In order for the student to stay focus in class, technology is always involved to help solve the problem. As emerging technology is getting advance each year, it has improve communication between teachers and students much easier and improves students learning. Emerging technology like blogging, webcam and digital camera can support teachnig by having students do fun projects related to the class subject by creating a scarp book with a digital camera or using webcam to do a class show presentation or even use blogging in class wireless laptop so students can update discussion and help each other with any class subject
Tradional technology in classrooms
Technology obviously never stays the same..While some teacher prefer using modern technology, traditional technology can still play a big role in classrooms and support teaching and learning style. If the internet connection is down, then the overhead projector can be a good backup to give a lecture. Tradional technology like the computer desktop can support teaching skills because it can be used to type essays, homework and report. It is useful and follows the teacher teaching skills by reviewing notes on the projector and can benefits students with vision problem to see notes through the dim light on the overhead. Tradional technology like CD rom can support a learner by hearing and listening to the CD. For example, In a reading class, the class can read a novel together with a CD rom that gives sound effect and voices that follow with the story line. This will engage the students in reading novels and it will improve students vocabulary words
List of Traditional Technology
* VCR (videocassette recorder)
* Desktop computer and/or laptop with Internet access
* Multimedia cart with projector
* Scanner
* CD-ROM/DVD-ROM player
* PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants)
* MP3 players
* Smartboard and/or Interactive Whiteboard Technology
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