Concept 1: I was shocked as I started reading the statistics
in our textbook. When I was little, I grew up with my older brother outdoors.
By growing up outdoors, I mean we were always outside playing because that is
all we knew. There was no game consoles, wireless Internet, or smartphones. The
technology I had when I was a kid was dial-up Internet, where a phone call
couldn’t come through to our landline unless someone was off the computer. When
I was little I remember having a corn landline telephone, a dinosaur of a
computer that had dial up Internet, and a Nintendo 64 gaming console. I
remember using the computer for the two applications that were installed on the
computer called “Paint” and “Pinball”. The other thing I used the computer was
for a learning program called “Reader Rabbit”. Even then I was allowed only a
half hour a day on the programs. It is amazing to see how much technology has
changed the past fifteen years. I find it hard to wrap my head around.
Concept 2: The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
was a new thing to me. I had never heard of it until now. It is interesting to
know that there are different forms of knowledge in the classroom. While I was
reading I concluded that it is best if the three forms, content, pedagogical and
technological are used together, as referenced by Maloy, et al (2013, pp. 10-11). If a teacher knows how to incorporate these
into their teaching, then every student will be captured and become motivated
to learn. Knowing that content knowledge is the academic subject matter,
pedagogical knowledge is all of the information, and technological knowledge is
knowing how to use the different types of technology, will progress the
students learning from their teacher.
Concept 3: Everyone in this world has an identity.
Everyone’s identity is different as well as his or her digital identity. What I mean by this is, one person could use
some technology aids during their teachings, while another teacher could use
the opposite of those technology aids from the first teacher. It is best if a
teacher picks some to incorporate into their teachings and stick to those
technological aids. This will help not only the teacher but the student as
well. If the teacher and the student are on the same page, then the information
that the teacher wants to convey to the student will be absorbed much better
then those teachers who don’t understand how all their students learn
differently. The students as well as the teachers will be in a comfortable
environment to learn and teach, and they will want to learn and teach.
Conclusion: Technology has come a long way from when it was
first introduced. Teachers are using resources that help them reach their
students. Through the ever-growing technology aids, teachers had adapted
different ways of teaching that work with their classroom. It is amazing to
think that the statistics of those students who use technology everyday has
only increased and it will continue to increase as time continues.
Resources:
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.
Glad you got your blog finally started - you have much to catch up on!! You did a great job in embedding your YouTube video, however you need to provide attribution for that in your resources - as well there is no attribution for your image but unless you created it and/or found that it is a Creative Commons or public domain licensed photo, you shouldn't use it as it would be considered protected under copyright law. You are off to a good start with your reflective writing and I know you will be able to improve on that each post. Overall, nice first blog post. :)
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