Chapter 12-Digital Blog Post #L

Chapter 6-Digital Blog Post #K

Being a teacher means being a constant learner about the subjects you teach and topics you find interesting and engaging (Maloy, pg 145). Especially if teachers are dealing with the advances of the technology. For example, I will be a math teacher. With the advances of the technology, hopefully, I will be using laptops, graphing calculators, or tables in my classroom. Since textbooks are quickly out-of-date, but school systems do not have the sufficient money to replace them as often as need.

Bookmarking for teachers now on days is heaven. Teachers of an earlier generation used files folders, notebooks, and other type of paper organizing system (Maloy, pg 146). Using a bookmark, teachers can electronically catalog and subsequently access Web pages with just one simple command. I think the hardest part of technology is  how to use Web resources with students while teaching. It becomes harder ageing. Even till this days, teachers from years of experience don't know how to use websites or this wonderful benefits of the technology.

There must be a better way...

Photo credit by nathanborror on Flickr

WebQuest are online inquiries by students-designed and guided by teachers (Maloy, pg 153). Technology offers teachers an additional resource that paper activities do not. That's the interesting part of technology! For example, WebQuests are designed so students will explore multiple options for content learning as they complete a series of tasks. Most include the following five stages:

• Stage setting
• Task
• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion

Technology can be demanding sometimes!

Resources:

Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc.