Week 7  

Part 2

How does technology improve teaching and learning in your school?

Technology improves teaching in my school by allowing students to learn at different speeds.  For example, in my computer classes, students use computer programs online to facilitate their learning.  One of these online tools is a website called typing.com.  This is a great website that monitors students' typing skills and provides valuable information to me as a teacher.  This improves learning because the students can see the results of their typing speeds and the gamification portion of earning stars and points help them "grow up" within the platform. Sometimes though, technology can be a lot of work-if you don't have the content prepared for you and you have to create it yourself.

What are some areas in which this could be improved?
As stated previously, adding technology into your lessons can be a lot of additional work. To create a lesson for example using Nearpod, lesson preparation is exhausting versus just assigning a paper assignment or direction from the teacher for the students of where to go to watch a video. But, once the lesson is prepared then it can be used year after year.

How do you go about making decisions about what technology to use in your classroom or school?

Usually, I learn about new technology first.  Then, I start to think of ways that I can use it in my classroom to be beneficial for students.  Then I take lessons that I have been using and incorporate the technology in some way.  An example of this would be using powerpoints in my lessons.  Sometimes I will create lessons with powerpoints and then have access for students so that they can look back on it for later.