Another Week, Another Blog

This week in SSED 307 we continued presenting our traditional lesson plans. These, we combine with Dr. Clarks class which allowed us to have a larger audience to present in front of. This was very helpful to have more people in the classroom while presenting. It made the lesson more realistic. Even while presenting a traditional lesson plan, it is suggested to still use technology in the classroom.

The article I found this week is from Teaching Strategies. This article talks about how to develop appropriate technology in the classroom. Some of the tips are to make sure to integrate technology into the classroom as much as possible. The teacher should provide a balance of activities in programs for young children and how it can relate to this around them in the real world. Also, it helps that students who are younger than two don't need to have technology interactions except for TV and things like that. Students who are five and older care more likely to understand. Teachers should be leaders and allow their students to use technology to teach their content and make the lessons engaging for students. 

Teachers should demonstrate teacher leadership when incorporating technology in the classroom. This is standard 1 and 4 of the North Carolina Teaching Standards. Relating this back to the article, teachers should be leaders and demonstrate how to use technology.