The Purpose of this Blog...

My intent in creating this blog is to share ideas, helpful strategies and resources in order to help the teachers integrate technology at my school. The intent is to find age appropriate resources for the elementary school, but will also include middle and high school resources of which can be refined for any age level. It has been my experience that most teachers not feel they have been properly trained or quote, unquote, experienced enough to integrate new technologies into their lessons. The ultimate goal is common among most teachers, which is student achievement. The teachers need to facilitate the 21st century learning rather than continuing to teach the same way as they were taught. Hopefully, this blog will be a valuable resource for teachers in all disciplines and ages.

Article Reflection on Technology Integration.

Can we really teach old dogs new tricks? I suppose the answer to that question depends mainly upon the old dog itself. In this article, the old dogs are those folks who are a “generation of thrift-minded educators” (O, Brien, Scharber) who feel technology is too expensive to integrate into our schools. However, according to the article, it costs more to waste the free tools on the Web than not using them. If these old dogs would embrace the integration of many technologies, we could move from stagnant to explosive in educating our students.




Reference-


O'Brien, D and Scharber, C. (2010). Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: The Luxury of Digital Abundance. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 53(7), 600-603. Retrieved from ERIC database.

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