Friday, April 30, 2010
Chapter 3: Postcards from the Net Video
As a future teacher, I would change the teaching approach used by the teacher in the Chapter 3 Video: Postcards from the Net Video. The first thing I would change would be to project the computer screen on to a large projector screen so all the students could view the computers screen. In the video, the teacher sat behind a computer monitor which was located in the corner of the classroom. The teacher proceeded to ask the students how to pull up Microsoft office and complete an email with an attachment. As the teacher asked questions, she clicked on the correct icons or buttons on the computer and the students could not see what she was doing on the computer monitor. Most of the students were bored and not paying attention. I would have the students come up to the computer and complete the steps themselves while all the other students could watch the monitor screen on the projector. This would get the students involved in the lesson. The teacher also listed several steps in the process as she completed the email and attached a file. I would have had the steps printed on the chalkboard or somewhere visible to all the students so the students could easily follow along with the steps.
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Tammi, I'll admit that this video was downright painful for me to watch - I can only be grateful that it was no longer than 4 minutes! Floppy disks, a single classroom computer connected to a TV, e-mail, attachments - we sure have come a long way. Honestly, rather than describe what I'd do differently, it'd be easier for me to describe what I'd do the same as this teacher - and that would be nothing!
ReplyDeleteBut the reason I had us watch this video is to show how quickly technology moves. This book was published in 2006, with a revision in 2008. Yet this video seems so archaic - we've moved onto SmartBoards, flash drives, cloud computing, video conferencing, 1-to-1 laptops in the classroom, wireless access, etc. Technology moves quickly, and so must we, if we expect to be able to prepare our students for a future that we can't even fathom.
Also, in case you missed it, in the video, the teacher's computer was connected to a TV on a cart. This was pretty cutting-edge technology in the late 1990's/early 2000's. Much more affordable than projectors (compare less than $100 to a couple thousand dollars), many schools took advantage of the TVs that were already available and tried to leverage their use.