Digital Blog Post L

Digital Blog Post #L

Inclusion or infusion of technology in the classroom what would you as a modern educator use? This was a hard question for me to answer as I read this in this chapter. With modern times it is very hard to determine whether to use inclusion or infusion technology in the classroom. Inclusion means that computers and information technologies are used mainly fro transferring information and practicing skills. Infusion on the other hand, means that computers and other information technologies are ongoing features of teaching and learning in al academic subjects at all grade levels.





In order to decide whether to use infusion or inclusion you have to determine what stage of technology integration you are at as an educator. There are five stages of technology integration. The following are the stages and an overview of what they each are:

1. Entry Stage- At an entry stage, a teacher needs to gain specific skills in how to use computers and technologies before she or he is able to think about how to apply new knowledge to classrooms situations.
2. Adoption Stage- At the adoption stage, a teacher know s enough to use technology in the classroom, but only at a basic level and only occasionally.
3. Adaption Stage- At an adaption stage, a teacher is using technology regularly as part of teaching.
4. Appropriation Stage- At the appropriation stage, a teacher is using technology as both an inside the classroom and outside the classroom tool.
5. Invention Stage- At the invention stage, a teacher is exploring new ways to creatively use technology in and out of the classroom as well as adding emerging technologies to a personal repertoire of professional skills and practices.

What stage are you at? I feel as if I am the Adaption stage and this class has helped develop my technology skills getting thus far.

Automate or Informate

What is automate and informate technologies? Automating happens when a new technology essentially recreates existing practices, usually at greater speed and sometimes with greater efficiency. Informating signifies a different process, where a technology changes an activity by fundamentally redesigning and refining it. This two concepts are just an enhancement of how much you can add to technology now. For example, before we could get our report cards sent home in an envelope now we can access them via email or on the school website that is automate technology. While with informate technology we exercise and our phone would be able to track every mile and step we took. Would that be great for gym class?

In this modern age the integration of technology is one of the main priorities for some teachers because it helps keep the students engaged and interested. For us upcoming educators knowing what to expect and being prepared is all the we can do. The way that we choose to set up, run, and teach our classroom will determine much of our success as well as how much technology we integrate into our daily class time.

References:

E. (2012, December 12). An introductin to technology integration. Retrieved November 26, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d59eG1_Tt-Q

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Ruiz, J. (2016, November 26). Inclu/Infu. Retrieved November 26, 2016, from https://magic.piktochart.com/output/18501941-incluinfu

Digtial Blog Post J

Blog Post #J

Democratic schools and classrooms is the movement for democratic schools and classrooms to increase the involvement of students in educational decision-making and academic learning (Maloy et, al p.283). I feel as if this is a great way to engage the students into participating in decisions about the classroom activities, climate, and rules. As a student I feel like being involved is a way to spark up the interest of students. Critics of democratic classroom have dismissed the idea by suggesting that students will make silly, ill-informed, or self centered choices, if given the opportunity to do so (Maloy et, al p. 284). Giving students the opportunity to pick how they want to learn things is not exactly how critics suggest it will happen. A school might become a democratic school to infuse democratic values as well as use teacher practices to engage students by having them participate in everything that they are learning by selecting the little such as materials or reading topics.

Digital portfolios for students is a change from paper to digital form and also a change in how students exchange information about themselves and their learning. A digital portfolio contains the same thing as a paper portfolio but this increases the amount of people that are able to view your portfolio. For example, this blogpost is a like a digital portfolio of important concepts that I have came across reading every chapter. Although there are advantages and disadvantages to digital portfolios it is a new way to teaching in this technology era and being able to keep track of the most important work that we need to keep stored.

Reasons for teaching with clickers is something that was a new practice when I was graduating high school. I have gone back to school as an observant and I've had the chance to see teaching with clickers in use. Clickers are a way of active learning because all students get to give an answer without having to worry about others being right and you being wrong. This gives the teachers instant feedback to see what students need more help. The thing that I was most intrigued about was question centered instruction. In question centered instruction, students are given a challenging question and asked individually, in pairs, or in small groups to consider possible answers (Maloy et, al p.288).

Overall, this chapter has my mind full of ideas of what I can do in my own classroom. There are many challenges as a new teacher that make some students think about if they really want to go into the field but, this chapter is just proof that I have the right mindset I just have to overcome the challenges. Democratic schools and classrooms have the right idea in letting the students and teachers collaborate in certain things not all things. With digital portfolios we are preparing our student for the future of technology as it increases. Finally clickers are just the best way of active learning, student involvement, real feedback and question centered instruction which lets the teacher know how to get to every student.

Resources:

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

Ruiz, J. (2016, November 5). Digital Portfolio Pros and Cons. Retrieved November 5, 2016, from https://magic.piktochart.com/output/17829613-digital-portfolio-pros-and-cons 

Ruiz, J. (2016, November 5). Democratic schools and class. Retrieved November 5, 2016, from https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dFl1kovdBMJ/?mode=movie#/