Blog Post #3

In my field experience I have noticed how teachers work with technology; I have seen positive integration as well as negative integration. Some teachers have tried to use technology too much and end up taking too much time away from the actual learning. In an attempt to use technology the teachers inadvertently stifle learning in order to make themselves look better to the administration. On the other hand, some teachers are afraid of technology and refuse to use it. Even when teachers have been trained to use their Smartboard or even playing videos they still shy away from it because it is not natural to them. For example, teachers have been teaching for over twenty years and have been teaching the same lessons since they began do not want to change or incorporate that technology. The teacher I am working with this year has a Smartboard in her room and she uses it to its full potential. For example, in math she will pull up a game and let the students come up and do multiplication fact games. Also, we watch United Streaming videos and the screen allows for all students to be able to see. Unlike a small television screen that students have trouble seeing across the room or to the side of it. As future teachers we need to use technology appropriately and smartly, incorporating it to help and not hinder the learning of our students. This also includes using technology as a supplement and not a substitute.