Chapter 12 of this book titled “integrating
Technology and Creating Change as Teacher Leaders” Wasa very Interesting and
informative chapter.
The first topic I would like to
talk about is the two terms inclusion and infusion. Inclusion means that
computers and information technologies are used mainly for transferring information
and practicing skills. They are included, but not central to students’ day-to-day
educational experiences. Infusion means that computers and other information
technologies are ongoing features of teaching and learning in all academic
subjects at all grade levels. They are a continuing part of the day-to-day
educational experience of students. I choose to talk about these terms because
I myself didn’t really know the meaning of them. But now that I do, I feel more
informed. I think the term Infusion is more of what classrooms are starting to
look like today. Technology is really becoming a vital source for classrooms.
The second thing I would like to talk
about is features of a technology-integrated classroom. Technology integration
refers to the way that teachers connect technology into all aspects of their instructional
and professional work. So the features of a technology-integrated classroom
would be a class equipped with technologies such as computers, tablets, dvd
player, interactive whiteboard, digital pens, a video conferencing system and
more. I feel as though a classroom integrated with technology would be really
efficient. I think it is a good thing to have students being able to access so
much technology and use them in their everyday school work. I think that with
technology already playing such a big part in education, this is just the next
step really.
The third thing I would like to touch
on is one-to-one laptop computing. This means that every student in a grade,
school, or district would have his or her own computing device to use in school.
Which basically means every student would have their own laptop. I feel that
this in a sense is a good Idea. This way all students for sure have access to a
computer to do their work. These days it’s hard to do a lot of your schoolwork without
the use of a computer so for every student to have one would be beneficial, but
the one thing I think about this being a bad idea, is because of the cost.
Computers are expensive and what happens if a student breaks their laptop? For elementary
students to have these computers is a good thing just they tend to be a bit on
the hyper side and they probably aren’t going to properly take care of these
devices.
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Work Cited
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon
A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New
Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. lead to bad
things.