This Chapter was very complicated
for me to understand. I believe it had something to do with using new
technology and methods in the classroom, and how to go about it. It also lists
several categories of individual that you might find in these circumstances.
The
chapter also gives some general advice on technology awareness that will help
classrooms function better overall. These include the ability to recognize
lesson that make effective and efficient use of technology. It also includes a
general understanding of technology as a reasonable requirement, such as
knowing how to troubleshoot any errors that might occur in technology you use
commonly.
I
look forward to seeing what others have written concerning its contents and
their opinions, as hopefully they will have found something I was not able to
see. I found this chapter confusing, though I was able to agree with at least
some of its points.
If
what I did understand was effective at all in getting to the point, I would like
to think that many instructors involved with their class probably fit into
several of these categories at once. Perhaps they use a new tool while some
other teachers have become more familiar with a different tool that they are
not comfortable with.
I
would hope, as an instructor who is concerned with the success of his students,
that I would make it a point to keep my eye out for any potentially beneficial
technologies available. I also agree that teachers should be able to deal with
and troubleshoot their own technology problems to the best of their ability. We
have all had the lecture that didn’t happen because the projector screen was
malfunctioning, which is a ridiculous reason to waste everyone’s time. While it does not solve all problems, knowing
how to troubleshoot and prepare for technology issues can salvage a day’s
lesson in the event that something critical to learning happens to fail.
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