Comments - HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY INTO THE 21st CENTURY CLASSROOM – WEB TOOLS - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T07:28:32Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=649749%3ABlogPost%3A991342&xn_auth=noHonestly I hate postings that…tag:www.classroom20.com,2014-01-31:649749:Comment:9925582014-01-31T14:39:53.454ZDave Evelandhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DaveEveland
<p>Honestly I hate postings that garner a lot of 'I agree' comments, but more than agree, I have to harmonize with what you've stated Aysin.</p>
<p>Using technology for technology's sake is like using wood pulp to blow your nose - it's close to being tissue <paper> but it's not as effective, even if it's a different form of the technology. The metaphor isn't perfect, but the basic idea is that students learning and how we attempt to facilitate and foster that learning should be driven by…</p>
<p>Honestly I hate postings that garner a lot of 'I agree' comments, but more than agree, I have to harmonize with what you've stated Aysin.</p>
<p>Using technology for technology's sake is like using wood pulp to blow your nose - it's close to being tissue <paper> but it's not as effective, even if it's a different form of the technology. The metaphor isn't perfect, but the basic idea is that students learning and how we attempt to facilitate and foster that learning should be driven by a consideration for the student, and an adherence to the objectives/goals in mind. There are lots of other non-digital methods that can be (and are) at least as effective as using all the digital tools out there. The Greatest Generation did just fine in getting us here (w/o a lick of web 2.0 anywhere) - and we don't just call them the 'Greatest' <a href="http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/generation-gaps/greatest-generation.htm" target="_blank">generation for nothing</a> - other generations <a href="http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2011/05/living/infographic.boomer/" target="_blank">have other adjectives</a>.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.momgoesgreen.com/wp-content//wtr-pitcher.jpg"><img class="align-right" style="padding: 5px;" src="http://www.momgoesgreen.com/wp-content//wtr-pitcher.jpg?width=200" width="200"/></a>Bringing technology into the classroom doesn't make the classroom better. I often tell my colleagues that effective use of technology isn't based on the use and mastery of all the tech out there, rather it's the selection of a few technologies, that help with the learning (academic), tedium (administrative), and/or growth (professional development) of you as a teacher. Essentially - pick a few technologies that are relevant to what you're doing and use them until something else more effective comes along. "More effective" doesn't have to relate to the technology per se - if the technology is failing the student - it may be time to try a non-technological method - which may be just as valid and possibly more effective for that student or that lesson or learning event.</p>
<p>One other thing I wanted to offer feedback on is the perspective of how learning needs to change from information in/information out to <strong>"creative synergistic collaborative problem solving and engineering" or something like that</strong>. If I want information, <a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">I can look it up</a>. If students can be imbued with a thirst and an awareness that they have a capacity to learn and that 'learning' is not merely about accumulation of information, but the leveraging of that information (facts, skills and procedures) toward something creative or inventive, or even innovative, that becomes a win - <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCkQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7p_eKV3SzwE&ei=obXrUti5I9HpkAe08IHABQ&usg=AFQjCNEdOkwjau2wegmVc43d-BWw_GDQSA&sig2=JwzSQrlOf301D4DnmDTmPg&bvm=bv.60444564,d.eW0" target="_blank">a move forward</a>.</p>
<p>As the planet is becoming smaller, it's inevitable that we'll need to be working together even more, and if we don't teach children how to do so now, well there'll be consequences, so I appreciate your inclusion of the 70:20:20 model.</p>
<p>When I did my undergraduate work years ago and wrote about my philosophy of education - I used the glass-half empty metaphor. Students came to class to be filled up and I was their filler upper. Very thankfully, my perspective has changed. Thank you for this good (well linked) post. I can see I've got some follow up reading to do.</p> Dear Sam,
Thank you so much f…tag:www.classroom20.com,2014-01-30:649749:Comment:9923382014-01-30T21:20:51.746ZAysin Alphttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AysinAlp
<p>Dear Sam,</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your kind remarks. If you are interested, you can follow my blog at <a href="http://aysinalp.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">http://aysinalp.edublogs.org/</a> As for 70:20:10 model, I use a lot of collaborative learning models in my classes to give the students the opportunity to learn from each other. Because I believe teaching something to somebody else is one of the best ways to learn.</p>
<p>Dear Sam,</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your kind remarks. If you are interested, you can follow my blog at <a href="http://aysinalp.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">http://aysinalp.edublogs.org/</a> As for 70:20:10 model, I use a lot of collaborative learning models in my classes to give the students the opportunity to learn from each other. Because I believe teaching something to somebody else is one of the best ways to learn.</p> I am going to school right no…tag:www.classroom20.com,2014-01-30:649749:Comment:9924902014-01-30T20:31:29.116ZSamantha Coblentzhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SamanthaCoblentz
I am going to school right now to be a teacher and this blog post contains so many resources that I would never have found on my own, thank you so much for putting this together. I think that teachers often do forget the goal of teaching when they try to incorporate technology and the learning becomes a side note and using the technology becomes the meat of the lesson. I have often seen lessons fall apart because the teacher attempted to use technology that they did not understand causing them…
I am going to school right now to be a teacher and this blog post contains so many resources that I would never have found on my own, thank you so much for putting this together. I think that teachers often do forget the goal of teaching when they try to incorporate technology and the learning becomes a side note and using the technology becomes the meat of the lesson. I have often seen lessons fall apart because the teacher attempted to use technology that they did not understand causing them to spend the whole class period educating themselves and/or the students on purely how to use the technology. Also, I liked that you pointed out that technology does not need to be incorporated into everything if there are other ways of keeping your students interested. Have found ways to apply the 70:20:10 model from the Adidas diagram in a classroom?