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New Technologies.

The school that I currently work at has limited technology.  Even if there are computers in the classroom teachers might not be able to pick up a signal.  I have been introduced to new apps through common core training and classes with Walden. I recently introduced Remind 101 and todaysmeet.com.  These apps allow you to communicate with your students in and out of class.   Remind 101allows teachers to communicate with students and parents to remind them about assignments that are due.  Another new technology that I introduced to the teachers was wikispaces.  I have introduced this to my students this year because I had a lot of absences which caused the students to miss out on lectures.  Wiki’s allowed them to read the lectures and get their homework assignments.  

The attitudes that the teachers exhibited were complaints of the lack of technology in the school or all of the students not being able to utilize this at home.  Todaysmeet.com allows students to communicate with teachers while in class, but they have to use their smart phones or their other technology devices. 

To get their attention during a staff meeting I used the media projector and started using todaysmeet.com teachers started using this during the meeting.  This exercise also showed relevance because teachers and the administration saw how there was minimal disturbances during our meeting and thought that this would be something good to use during class.  They felt the need to use this app as well as Remind 101 to help build parental support in the classroom.  I am not sure that they are utilizing the programs but they did seem interested in what the outcomes should be. 

Reference

Driscoll, M. P. (2005). Psychology of Learning for Instruction. Boston: Pearson Education.

Blogs I Responded To: 

Lynda Marshall:  http://lyndamarshallsblogpage.blogspot.com.au

Lori Dodd:  http://loridodd.blogspot.com/