ADMS647Summer2010

The Basics on various opinions on the integration of technology in the classroom.

Hey guys...I found this site to be very helpful, especially for those parents who have absolutely NO CLUE what is going on even if they are looking at their child's acivity. Felt this tied into our blogging this week...but this is more geared to the drug side of technology use (which is so depressing)

It is just plain sad to me that kids go online to find "new" ways to get high! Keeping the parents educated is the key to keeping kids safe. It has to start at home. I know as educators we also play an important role, but parents have to constantly monitor what their kids are doing on the web.

I like how there are several different categories parents to use as resources. Cell phones, social networking, and even music.

Article arguing against technology integration.

I read and commented on the article above and mentioned staff development and this article had it! I liked this article because he thinks like I do! I agree with Garry... technology substitution is something that probably many of us are guilty of doing. I am going to take a hard look at my lessons so that I stay away from that.

Technology provides ways to enrich instruction. yada yada

"Effective" is the word that caught my attention is this article. For us to use technology effectively in an enriching and engaging manner, we need effective staff development. Most of these articles assume that the motivated teacher is going to find the time to learn this on his/her own. Not everyone is like that. I'd like to start concentrating on finding articles on effective staff development.

Here is an interesting article on cell phone use in the classroom. Is it really realistic to ban them at the door? This article gives ideas on how they can be used in instruction.

One of the reasons for banning cell phones is the cheating that occurs with texting. This year we were required (by the state) to take up cell phones for the End Of Course tests for our SOLs. Now about the article... I liked some of the suggestions on the use of cellphones but you would need a classroom set like the class in this article to be successful. I know that teachers have always worked beyond contract time with planning and grading but with this technology comes the expection of even more from us because now we would have to monitor acceptable use 24/7.

This article is written by a gentleman who is for technology, however, he is addressing the four major reasons he has found for reasons people oppose technology. I was actually surprised at the four he narrowed it down to and summarized. Never really thought about most of them as reasons for NOT wanting technology integration! Interesting!

Wow! What a list.... I enjoyed reading the comments to the blog as well. The "contrary to..." seemed very extreme but had some good points. I'm imagining that this agument would have probably been used during the industrial revolution as well.

I really enjoyed reading this article and tend to agree! Altough we live in a very technological world and I Iove my computer and all of the great things I can do; it often makes us very lazy and often out of touch with reality.

I do agree that technology takes the personal out of a lot of things. This article reminded me of a quote from "Sweet Home Alabama." When Dorthea says to Melanie "He doesn't want to get ATMs on the account of no personal contact." I also agree with the idea of kids not reading as much or doing as much work and getting lazy about education.

This was a very interesting article on using technology with young students. I have never taught kids that young so it was very eye opening. Also, I liked the points Dr. Perry made about making sure to use active technolgies rather than passive ones like TV.

This is all about using technology in the classroom and why it is a good choice.

This author of this article presents different topics and gives pros and cons to all of them. She kind of plays devil's advocate, which helps the reader to see each side of the argument.

I know there are school divisions in Charlottesville/Albermarle County using ipods in the classroom. There are many apps that can be appropriate for classroom use.

This article talks about the importance of getting the parents involved and educated about what their children are doing on the computer. It ultimately starts at home and parents need to check the internet and constantly monitor what their kids are doing and who they are communicating with.

I thought that schools might want to incorporate the free resources at the bottom of this page into their internet safety lessons. Things are broken down by age which I thought was very helpful.

Reviews are broken down into very specific categories. I haven't heard of some of these but they might be worth checking out.

Even though the author feels that educators should use the same tools the kids are using, he suggests that schools come up with their own social network. There are links here that are interesting.

This article talks about technology integration taking a backseat since Obama has been in office. This person is definitely in favor of getting technology integration as a priority. They even gave ways that people can speak out in favor of it!

This article discusses how social networking leads to groupthink.

I liked how the author posed the question: "Will you expand your mind and increase your creativity more by talking to people just like you or with people who are different?" It is so true. In order to expand your mind and learn about different things it's necessary to go and explore areas of the unknown .

This article discusses the many negatives that come from the use of the Internet ranging from pornography, false advertisment and information to name a few.

This article explains the importance of educators and administrators making a commitment to integrate technology in the classroom .