Blogging Through Classroom Technology

I guess I would define myself as a digital native. I grew up throughout a time where technology was advancing quickly and I believe I was one of the first classrooms that had new technology. As a teacher, I think I am more advanced with technology than others but I do still struggle with some new classroom technologies. This can be frustrating for me since I have not had proper training on most of the technologies in my classroom. Being younger and used to technology, I can struggle through learning it on my own, but it tends to be a tedious task. I also tend to be frustrated with the limitations that schools put on the technology we use. We are spending money to update our classrooms but with the limitations we tend to still be behind the times. " I believe, in fact, that what teachers need to do is best described not as "changing," but rather as "adapting" to the new context and environment we all find ourselves in... Yet even as teachers become motivated t...

This podcast is about achieving digital wisdom and how Khan Academy is a great example of it.  Khan Academy Ted Talk  and Marc Prensky: Learning 2.0

"I looked at the current education system, I said 'Whats wrong with it?' And the biggest problem I found is it didn't know how to motivate kids." "...It's in our DNA to be motivated, I think the current model... is just really good at squashing that motivation." "In education the Use it or lose it rule may mean If you don't use tech for learning , you may lose relevance. An educator must be relevant." "Teachers need to exist in the spaces the students exist, understand their culture. You have no credibility if you are not where they are." Motivation : Children love technology; they just don't seem to have trouble starting a video game like they do homework. Students have to be in classes for seven hours a day so as educators we should be making it as exciting and appealing as possible. I have seen many classrooms with students sitting in rows of desks, reading out of a textbook, while the teacher babbles to the one...