After reading and watching these videos, I feel even more now, that technology can only benefit a student's learning. I know that using all these different tools and research can only help us to progress in our life and help us build our knowledge of the past, future and present.
However, as a PE teacher, I feel that helping my students to stay active and participate in physical activity daily is more important to me than teaching them how to use technology. I dont think that I will be using a lot of technology based lessons in my class. I want to be able to teach my students how to live a healthy life by having them do things, demonstrate their learning by doing physical activity. I know that there are many tools on the internet that can help my students learn about healthy lifestyles like the Food Pyramid and other resources and I plan on using that type of technology in my classroom. But as far as everyday use of technology in my class I dont see that as beneficial when I am wanting them to realize the importance of having physical activity be a part of their everyday life.
I think that having an opportunity to use technology in a PE classroom can benefit my students. There are many uses of technology in sports and just an overall healthy lifestyle and I hope that as their future teacher I will be able to learn more about how to incorporate these technologies into my classroom so that I can effectively teach and engage all of my students. I know that technology is what the students know and enjoy using and if I can teach using technology while having them be physically active, I feel like I will be able to teach to all of my students effectively and they will enjoy exercising. That is my goal as a PE teacher, to have my students enjoy exercising and see the benefits of it.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Lessons Learned
I found that these articles were very interesting. I grew up with technology in my home and have seen it progress throughout the years. I knew what it was like not having a cell phone and having dial-up internet. Technology these days is right there at the tip of your fingers. Our students today are engrossed in it everyday, and as teachers we need to accept it and learn how to help our students use these tools for their benefit.
I learned that are several ways to incorporate technology into lessons. As teachers we need to be willing to research new ways and ideas of using technology in our classroom because that is what are students know. They know how to use technology and I think that if teachers know how to use technology in their classroom they can teach to the students and they will be able to effectively engage all their students.
From reading and watching these videos I learned that incorporating the use of technology into classrooms can not only benefit and enhance the learning of our students but it can benefit the future of our students with them knowing how to use different programs and applications and research tools. If we are going to teach the students about technology it is only going to help them out in their future because techonology is only going to continue to progress. If these students are learning how to use technology in their everyday lives it will benefit them in their future careers and it could help in developing a better community and economy especially if they are learning to communicate and cooperate well with others.
I learned that are several ways to incorporate technology into lessons. As teachers we need to be willing to research new ways and ideas of using technology in our classroom because that is what are students know. They know how to use technology and I think that if teachers know how to use technology in their classroom they can teach to the students and they will be able to effectively engage all their students.
From reading and watching these videos I learned that incorporating the use of technology into classrooms can not only benefit and enhance the learning of our students but it can benefit the future of our students with them knowing how to use different programs and applications and research tools. If we are going to teach the students about technology it is only going to help them out in their future because techonology is only going to continue to progress. If these students are learning how to use technology in their everyday lives it will benefit them in their future careers and it could help in developing a better community and economy especially if they are learning to communicate and cooperate well with others.
Strenghts and Weaknesses
Some of my strengths and weaknesses that I think I have when it comes to technology is that I know the basics and I understand how to use them in my everyday life and also in a classroom. I was mostly scored as an aprentice because I am aware of the technology, the uses of it and I understand the need and importance of incorporating it not only in my personal life but also professional life and school life.
Some goals that I would like to accomplish as a future teacher teaching PE is learning how and what kind of tools that are out there that can help me teach cues of sports and the aspects of a balanced healthy lifestyle to my students. I know that one of my weaknesses is using Microsoft Excel so a tutorial on that will help me in keeping my records of students grades and progess organized so that I can be a more effective teacher. Another goal that I would like to accomplish as a teacher is finding websites that I can provide to my students that are safe. If I am going to be giving them assignments that involve them using the internet I will want them to know the dangers of the internet and what to avoid and how to find current and factual information. A tutorial I found that could help me with that is Recommended Search Strategy: Analyze Your Topic & Search With Peripheral Vision from UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops. Using this tutorial and the information from it can help to find and search for website that have safe and useful information for my students to use.
Some goals that I would like to accomplish as a future teacher teaching PE is learning how and what kind of tools that are out there that can help me teach cues of sports and the aspects of a balanced healthy lifestyle to my students. I know that one of my weaknesses is using Microsoft Excel so a tutorial on that will help me in keeping my records of students grades and progess organized so that I can be a more effective teacher. Another goal that I would like to accomplish as a teacher is finding websites that I can provide to my students that are safe. If I am going to be giving them assignments that involve them using the internet I will want them to know the dangers of the internet and what to avoid and how to find current and factual information. A tutorial I found that could help me with that is Recommended Search Strategy: Analyze Your Topic & Search With Peripheral Vision from UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops. Using this tutorial and the information from it can help to find and search for website that have safe and useful information for my students to use.
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