Technology Infused Classroom

       So this week we were asked this very pertinent question about our classroom: Reflect on the idea of what a technology-infused classroom looks like. How do you plan to have a technology-infused classroom? I think most teachers where I work are trying to infuse their classrooms with as much technology as possible and some without even knowing it.

       There are those who turn on the TV and pop in a video and have their students watch it and answer questions. There are those who are not watching as their students use their phones to text the kids in the next room. There are those who use the computer labs to do research and create PowerPoint presentations to share with the class. All of these, although some are not the perfect example are ways that teachers use technology in the class.

       I see a technology infused classroom as one that uses the technology of the day to accomplish great things. I see a technology infused classroom as one that allows students to use their creativity to solve problems. Actually I see the technology infused classroom as one that uses the creativity of the students together with the technology of the day to solve the problems of the future!! There are no limits to what can be done today and never have been any limits.

       Whoever said that everything that will be invented already has been invented is a FOOL. Everyday kids out there are coming up with ideas that are leading the pack for the newest inventions. A technology infused classroom is one where there are no limits on teachers or students. Where the possibilities are endless and the creativity abounds in full force. Where the noise is good because it means there is collaboration, rigor and learning.

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OK well I think I have decided to have a BLOG for each of my students this year? My thinking is it can be a kind of journal that they can look back on and realize later how much they learned or the things that they were able to accomplish in the student government years at our school.
I on the other hand am getting a little frustrated with technology as I have submitted two assignments all in the same week and for some reason they have not posted which has given me the worst grade I have ever gotten in any of these classes as of today. Even though technology is a wonderful it still needs some work?

In researching this week I came across this video that I think most kids can relate to. I was very shocked to hear the speech given by the valedictorian, but I can't say that I did not agree with a little of what she said. I started to think about myself? Do I push my students as much as they can be pushed? Do I require more of them? Do I make them want to be better and do better every day watch this video and let me know what you think?

Public Education Today

So many times we feel like technology is there to save us. This past week I have realized that we are only as good as we make ourselves. It is nice to have technology to back us up, but we cannot always rely on it. I have tried a couple of times to post some things for my homework and it seems like it worked, but it did not go through. I get the report for my grades and realize that it did not go through.

It is the same thing in class. Sometimes my students report things that I think are not truthful, but now I am realizing that these things do happen. I guess I need to be a little less hard on them? Where would we be if we did not have this new technology? I can't see myself looking through the card catalog again at the library, but how did we ever do it when we kids? I wish I did not rely that much on it. I can remember the days when I can't find my phone or haven't checked my Facebook, but really should it be that way?

Anyway, I work for the Polynesian Cultural Center as well and the other day I was following a group of preschool children who attend a full Hawaiian immersion school. They entered into one village and proceeded to do a chant that they learned that has been passed down from ancestors and I thought how great that they are learning these things at such a little age, because these are things that are slowly being forgotten, now that we have so much technology surrounding us! Here is a little piece of what they did...