Thursday, November 13, 2014

14. article reflection

"Guide to Creating Tech-Friendly Classroom Management Strategies"
This article describes different strategies that a teacher can use to be successful in integrating technology into the classroom. The first step is to get the student interested in technology which in this day and era is very easy to do, but as a teacher, it is your job to make sure that technology isn't just for games but can be used for learning. The first strategy given is for the teacher to do their homework. Make sure you do your research and are well prepared for the class lesson you are about to teach. The next strategy is to make sure the students know what they are learning and identify with them what they are suppose to get out of the project. This gives them a focus for the project and helps them learn. The third strategy is to make sure that you take breaks away from the computer. Most students, after some time, will start to get fidgety from staring at the screen for so long. Make sure you allow them time to get away from the computer and do other activities. The last strategy is make sure you let your students explore. When using technology it cannot be as structured as a traditional classroom but, students need to be allowed to explore and figure things out on their own.

These are strategies that I will most definitely use in my future classroom. It gives us a great outline for how we should incorporate technology in a fun learning environment instead of just doing random projects or power points. It shows a really good way of how to use the information and how to make sure the students really learn the lesson and how to use the technology that is so important in this day and age. Future students will need to have computer skills to be successful and this gives very helpful tools to make sure they can be successful.

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