"True Breathing is like a flower blooming.
If we hold our breath, the bud never opens."
- Chungliang Al Huang
Improvement, development, growth, advancement, progress, and evolution. The sole purpose of our profession is to aid and direct students, ensuring these stages are never dormant. Whether we like it or not it is inevitable that technology will play a prominent and central role in every facet of our lives. Education is no different, and those who fail to visualize such certainties will be left with a crop of bulbs while others flourish in a garden of roses.
I envisage Administration, Communication, and Accountability to be some areas where my class would benefit and improve from the digitization of assignments. If this strategy were to be implemented, I believe I would see immediately rewards through planning and organisation for both teacher and pupil. It provides a quick and easy method of disseminating information to the entire class in a timely fashion. Any necessary adjustments can also be made quickly and easily. Students will also benefit from the constant reminder of up coming assignments, and my life dramatically improved at collection time.
It seems apparent that the general trend of teaching is following the direction of technology in the classroom, and with improved organisation, it is only natural that communication will become clearer. In some cases, the on line presence could create a safe forum like environment where students can develop and bounce ideas off each other. Allowing for a wider range of ideas, themes, and opinions to be explored, and thus giving voice to those who are inclined to take a back seat in an actual classroom.
Perhaps the most influential factors as a result of digitizing assignments is the accountability that accessibility brings with it. It eliminates confusion of dates, laziness, and teaches students to accept responsibility through accountability. Excuses like "sorry Professor but I wasn't here that day, or nobody told me, and I didn't know about it" will become a thing of the past.
As society rushes toward technological innovation, the natural progression to incorporate technology in the classroom does seem obvious. My class will prosper through elevated levels of organisation, communication and accountability. However I strongly feel that technology should only be used to complement traditional teaching methods and not completely over ride them. I believe growth and blossoms come through controlled change with measurable results rather than rapid development with an unpredictable end.
It seems apparent that the general trend of teaching is following the direction of technology in the classroom, and with improved organisation, it is only natural that communication will become clearer. In some cases, the on line presence could create a safe forum like environment where students can develop and bounce ideas off each other. Allowing for a wider range of ideas, themes, and opinions to be explored, and thus giving voice to those who are inclined to take a back seat in an actual classroom.
Perhaps the most influential factors as a result of digitizing assignments is the accountability that accessibility brings with it. It eliminates confusion of dates, laziness, and teaches students to accept responsibility through accountability. Excuses like "sorry Professor but I wasn't here that day, or nobody told me, and I didn't know about it" will become a thing of the past.
As society rushes toward technological innovation, the natural progression to incorporate technology in the classroom does seem obvious. My class will prosper through elevated levels of organisation, communication and accountability. However I strongly feel that technology should only be used to complement traditional teaching methods and not completely over ride them. I believe growth and blossoms come through controlled change with measurable results rather than rapid development with an unpredictable end.
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ReplyDeleteI am definitely in agreement with what you said here. Digitizing your work seems a bit of a daunting task at the beginning, but it has a lot of benefits. As a teacher, I'm a strong supporter of getting your students involved in their own learning process. Using the framework that we are learning in this class, you have a constant dialogue with students, parents, other teachers...pretty much everyone all at once. It's great! It's transparent, but not in a bad way. Just in a way that makes the student more accountable. The learning here far exceeds that of the classroom material. There are life lessons being learned and you're also teaching them how to "keep up with the times." The quote at the beginning is a nice touch...gonna steal that idea! (Note to self: Quote at the beginning! lol).
You did a great job establishing your main points throughout this blog. You gave great detail on how organization, accountability, and communication will be significantly improved with this type of implementation. I also enjoyed the idea you brought up about how these new technologies should be used to "compliment" the methods that were there previously. This makes a strong foundation for the future.
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