Chapter 10

Using technology to teach diverse students is a great idea. Today we live in a world of diversity. I remember when I went to go observe at an elementary school there was a young boy who spoke creole. A lady goes in and helps and teaches him and lets him use and iPad to work on math. I think that him using this technology was getting his attention into learning about math instead of him trying to understand what the teacher was saying and it is a start for him to start learning English threw technology. Also here in the childcare facility I work at the teachers use smart boards and they use a website called star fall and they put it on the smart board and teach the students about the calendar and they are learning the month, date, and year. In this article Meeting the needs of diverse learners through technology a teacher tells us on how she uses technology for her diverse classroom.

A second thing that caught my attention was on adaptation for classroom learning with technology. In the book it mentions about the different technologies a teacher can use. Here at the childcare facility where I work at the teachers use smart boards and they use a website called star fall and they put it on the smart board and teach the students about the calendar and they are learning the month, date, and year. It is really a great way to engage students to learn. There are also audio books students can listen threw in a learning center. They grab the book and listen to a CD player by using headphones.

The third thing that I came across was writing transformations with technology. Students get tired of writing with a pencil. Writing essays with a pencil hurts a students hand. I know when I was in school and I need to write a paragraph or so my hand was tired of writing so much. I think that writing transformations into technology is a great idea. Students will have the ability to use technology to write or publish their ideas in a fast and quicker way. When writing with pencil it can take long and a student might not have enough time to turn in a writing essay and if a student is using a computer it can be even quicker.

In conclusion using technology in the classroom can have a good benefit from it. Whether it is to teach a classroom of diversity teachers where they can get a better knowledge and there can be a lot of helpful skills in the way a teacher can use technology in there classroom. Technology is becoming more popular. Students use it everyday and like I have said why not use it in the classrooms. Having the students to use a computer to write will be much more fun and will have the students more engaged in doing their assignment then just a piece of paper and pencil.

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Maloy, R. W., Verock-O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S. A., & Woolf, B. P. (2017). Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson.

Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners Through Technology. (n.d.). Retrieved February 25, 2017, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/ed-tech-diverse-learners.shtml

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Chapter 7

Being able to teach students about problem solving with computers is a great idea. Today we live in a world surrounded by technology and it is just keeps growing and growing. I think what better way to help out students on to solve skills while using a computer. In this article about Computer Skills it talks about the different strategies there is about problem solving with computers. Giving students an opportunity to problem solve with computers will help them find different solutions on finding out a problem they are given. They can further there problem and social skills while using the computer.

Another thing that caught my attention was the types of problem solving and inquiry learning software. As mentioned in the book technology has always been used. Students need to learn the proper way of the use of technology. Technology is not just a tool that will give you the answer right there in then. Students need to learn on how to further on to investigate a problem with technology. Using technology is a starting point to get a student started but students need to learn on how to be creative and create their own software.

Third thing that caught my attention in this assignment was about computer games as learning resources. Since students are so caught up in technology why not use it in the classrooms. There can be learning games that students would enjoying doing while at the same time they are learning something. There is one site that I learned about when I went one time to observe a classroom teachers are now using fast math. It is a website where students can play and learn math at the same time. When I was in elementary we only had paper and pencil and never used computers to do math. I really think this is one computer games resource a teacher can use. It interacts children into doing math.

In conclusion there are different skills to use computers and technology in the classroom. Students enjoy technology and instead of being replaced with it why not just join them and use it more in the classrooms. There can be many kinds of gaming that students can enjoy and at the same time are learning something out of it. We don't always want to bored our students with just books, paper and pencils. When I was in school in elementary, middle or high it was always paper and pencil and books if they would have introduce technology along time ago I think I would have enjoyed school more. Students are more motivated with software applications that contain math and reading game activities.


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Chapter 3

There can be many benefits about the way we use technology. As mentioned in chapter 3 there are many ways of developing digital literacy. One thing that I found was The Seven Elements of Digital Literacies and it shows a web explaining about the seven elements of digital literacy. I believe that by teaching digital literacy students are gaining the knowledge of finding the correct information and resources they need on the internet. Students need to be able to identify something on the internet that is actually real and know that they are not being hacked or if it is false information.

Next thing about digital literacy is media. Media is everywhere and it will be great to teach our students about the media literacy. Young children are also using media and spend a lot time on it. As teachers we want the best for our students. I believe that teaching media will be entertaining for the students and the students will be more encourage to want to learn other than just books and paper. We don't always want to bored our students with the same lecture and having them open those books and having them write down notes because I know when I was in high school we get tired of writing a lot so therefore media would be great and they will be able to understand truth of the information that is given. 

The third thing that caught my attention in this assignment was communicating and collaborating. I think that including technology in our classroom our students will be more motivated to learn together in a group. The students will be able to collaborate more with technology and they will be able to come up with great ideas. Letting our students use technology will help our students to be more engage and more involve. I found a video about Naturally smart where it helps students to be more collaborating and being to work together and learn together a different times and places. 

In conclusion media is everywhere, television, social media, internet etc. Being able to teach our students about media literacy will help the students later on when they have to research a specific topic and need to find some kind of information. They will be able to find the bias and will be able to tell the lies. We want to prepare our students for the future when they become more independent and this is a way by being able to teach them about media literacy. Media has the benefits of having them to be able to have skills like critical thinking, being able to understand a media message and being able to identify the scenes of a story. 

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Chapter 1

Technology has advanced over the past years. Technology is in our everyday daily lives whether we notice it or not. Young children know so much about technology. One thing that caught my attention was about teaching our 21st-century learners with technology. Becoming a teacher and using technology can help me build a relationship with students because that is what students love to use more often, whether it is an iPod to listen to music while doing work or using the internet to do assignments in the classroom instead of writing with a pencil. At Technology Integration Ideas that work have some great ideas on how to use technology in a classroom with the students' assignments or projects. I think it is a wonderful idea to use technology more often for the students' projects and I think it will help on saving trees (paper).

Another thing that I learned about was about BrainPOP. Brainpop is a website that has science, math, social studies, English, arts & music, health and engineering tech. I think using this website is a creative way to use a new curriculum and it can be fun and exciting for students to learn about a subject. I think using BrainPOP can be one way we can introduce our children to technology. We can introduce our students to technology by having them having fun while they are learning at the same time. Here is a short video that gives you some information about BrainPop and the benefits of it.

Lastly, introducing technology to our 21st-century students is a way to help them get ready and be successful and having a better understanding of technology. As shown in figure 1.2 it shows the skills that students can gain by using technology. Letting our students use technology can be a way to connect with them. One thing about teaching and using technology in our classrooms can benefit by giving the children a motivation on doing their assignments more often. One way we can benefit from technology is having more resources online. We can have a laptop or iPads on each student's desk and instead of using a book they can just have the book online. There are so many ways a teacher can use technology and have a great learning experience with it and their students.

In conclusion, teaching 21st century learns has become where technology is in our daily lives. Instead of trying to make our students bored with just pencils and paper we should use technology often. Also, since we can not beat them we might as well join them with the technology. Students at a very young age begin to use it more often and probably a 5-year-old can use an iPad better than a teacher. So, I say instead of trying to take technology away from them we should introduce them into it and use technology in our classrooms and use it in a fun and exciting way and maybe like that students will be more motivated to learn new materials.