We're going to cover a lot of ground in class today, and you'll probably need to spend a bit of time on your own this week to more fully explore the concepts introduced to you- even veteran educators face a dazzling variety of challenges everyday. However, as new teachers, you'll be faced with the enormous additional task of creating an organizational system to manage your classroom. This takes on many facets: student work collection, grading systems and assessment, behavior challenges, parent communication, professional development, etc. The list of jobs that you will be expected to successfully juggle from Day One is daunting.
Fortunately, your more veteran colleagues will have plenty of tips for you. Today's lesson will introduce, discuss, and apply technology to those practical considerations that you'll have to address in your future classroom.
We'll also take a look at the evolution of direct instruction in the classroom for the 21st Century. The widespread availability of technology that allows multimedia streaming, anytime access for students, and almost unlimited resources for teachers has given rise to new twists on old issues (like copyright laws) and radical approaches to teacher driven instruction. You'll examine the implications of these new strategies, explore the educational applications of lots of software, and create your own teacher lesson using the newest of presentation platforms.
It's also getting close to research paper time. Don't forget to look at the rubric for your Tech Ed in the News Paper due next February 12 by classtime. You'll email me your finished paper and I'll add my comments via track changes. Need some ideas? Think about the weekly class topics or use the internet to search and find great sites like Edutopia, Classroom 2.0., or Edudemic.
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