4/26/10

Today was our last class! We were given a scenario to act out either the part of the teacher, the PTA parent, or the principal to talk about using technology in the classroom. Half of the class used cameras to record their discussion, and the other half was supposed to use science sim to chat. My group was supposed to be using science sim, but we had a lot of technical difficulties so we ended up spending the entire time trying to get it to work right. So I guess what I learned is that technology can be a great tool in the classroom, but if it doesn't work right then we will end up wasting time- although I guess in some cases we can learn new things by problem solving when it doesn't work. All in all, what I learned in this class was that balance is the key to using technology in the classroom. It's great to try new things, but if we completely rely on one tool then that can lead to problems.