Clickers
sound amazing for teachers. For math teachers clickers sound very exciting. The
insight that this technology gives a teacher is very important. In the audio
the speaker stated that a class size of about 15 would be a big class to use
this in, but it doesn’t limit itself to only a few students. You can use this
technology to understand the mental track of the students that participate. The
use of clickers will also help the more shy students participate in each
question. As a future teacher I understand how important it is to get every
student involved in a class activity, this will help students be more active. When
the teacher reviews the results of the activity they can judge what area they
need to focus on. This kind of assessment can be done often and helps the
teacher maintain a well organized and functioning classroom. I really like the
idea of using clickers to guild your lessons and think that all teachers could benefit
from using this technology.
This
class has gone far beyond what I anticipated. When we first started with investigating what
is a safe website I knew that I was in for a surprise. The technology like blogs,
wikis, and podcasting, are not only interesting but very useful in the
classroom. When I first heard of these technologies I had never thought of
using them in a classroom. I thought that only business would be able to utilize
Blogs and Podcast. In this class I have learned that I need to look beyond
intended use and learn how to adapt social technology to classroom technology. I
know this sounds strange coming from a guy who claimed to be tech smart at the
first of the class, I think now that maybe I was only business tech smart not
classroom tech. I plane on using as much technology in my classroom as the
district will let me. I think that the marriage of technology and learning will
never end so the best thing that a teacher can do is stay on top of the newest
tech and use as much as possible.
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