Blog Post 3 - Leveraging Tools, Texts, and Talk in My Teaching Context
Our world changes all the time, and it makes us a individuals learn nonstop. We learn from our peers, coworkers, parents and people in society. As teachers, we never stop learning. Today, technology changes constantly and affects our daily lives, in and out of the classroom. Throughout my years of being in the classroom, I have seen an increase in technology use and we as educators need make sure that if we are using technology it, it is for a meaningful reason and activity. Brining technology into a lesson does not guarantee engagement. “The persistent allure of technology as an easy remedy for educational issues of equity and achievement is intricately tied to naive assumptions about student interest and the possibility and desirability of "teacher-proof" (Scherer, 2012) classrooms.” (Garcia, 2013) While I was student teaching, there were many classrooms that I stepped into that mainly used technology for instru...