Week 3 Reflection

Week 3 was very interesting and productive but the confusion on how to teach with technology has not totally evaporated. I still have the feeling that it’s all vaporware and buz-words and that there is no set curriculum on how to fully utilize the technology in the classroom. The videos and readings were interesting but they didn’t explain how to teach with technology. This might be the result of me being saturated with technology on a daily basis and not being in the classroom. I like knowing the details on how things work and from this week’s information; I’m still getting the dream theory of using technology in the classroom. The videos gave me the impression that one student was the rock star with technology and surpassed the teacher’s knowledge of technology. Maybe I’m looking too hard at what’s being taught with technology and need to focus on the simple use of technology. But with random uses of technology in the classroom how can you standardize so all students across the grade levels get the same exposure and experience from being taught with technology. The ebook and UDL lesson plan exercise made me realize how individualize and flexible each teacher can be in the classroom. Having twins, I often joked about my kids getting two different educations from different teachers being in the same grade level.