Comments on: Great Barrier Beliefs

By: Angela McNabb

Angela McNabb — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:00:30 +0000

I as a teacher am the same way. There are some technology resources that are out there, but they can be a little intimidating to the teacher. I can use some things, but sometimes I am not sure how to incorporate them into a lesson. I think your students are the same way. Although they may be technology-savvy, they are sometimes intimidated by how you may want them to use the technology in their lesson.

By: Elizabeth Freeman

Elizabeth Freeman — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:00:30 +0000

I think that it is important to understand the basics like being able to email, use a projector, research on the Internet, type and save documents, and install programs. For some of us this may sound like the very basics, but for a lot of teachers and some students these things feel nearly impossible. While I think it is nice and useful to have some of the “fancy” tools, I think that it is even more important to be able to use the basic tools. A teacher is not going to let their class create a podcast if they can’t even figure out how to use the Internet. I personally like to know a little bit about all of the different tools out there and use them in my class, but I grew up using technology and I am not afraid of it. Someone that is afraid of technology is probably not going to do a very good job implementing a lot of different technologies into their classroom and they will be too nervous to let students figure things out on their own.

By: Jamie Peck

Jamie Peck — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:38:21 +0000

I do think it is better to introduce students to multiple different types of technology. Different students will connect to different types based on their learning styles. This doesn’t mean that you have to master everything, but I do not think that it hurts to allow students to explore more in depth on their own.