Week 7
This week I was exposed to two important instructional aspects:
1) Teaching large heterogeneous teaching.
2) How technology can improve instruction and student motivation.
I learned about interactive PowerPoints and Google Docs. I have never used Google Docs before. Now I can use it instead of geeting many emails or faxes!
I have one concern related to technology. Technology should viewed always as a tool and it should not control the teaching process. Teachers should apply backward design. This will keep the control in the hands of the teachers.
I believe that having computers in schools or homes where teachers/parents are not qualified to best use the technology can be disasterous in terms of academic outcome.
Technology can improve learning exponentially when teachers/parents know how to integrate it into the learning/teaching process.
Ahmad Amer
2 comments:
Hello Ahmed,
I take the pleasure to put my comment on your blog post. I agree with you that the technology can be disastrous in terms of academic outcome if the guardians and teachers are not well versed of technology. But the question is that will technology not engulf the total education if one even remains far away of it. This is demand of time. Are you worried of teachers' role in the presence of technology?
I don't think that the teachers will be replaced. Technology can only supplement the teachers'.
Thank you,
Mahamud
Ahmed,
I want to add my agreement with Mahamud on this point.
Technology shouldn't be disastrous. We should be using it in a responsible way that improves our teaching. All technology has the potential for abuse and misuse, so we teachers must be careful in how we use it. Basically, the tools that we are learning about here, are all valuable and useful tools, to be used as tools, not as substitutes for teachers.
Sandra Jeffs
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