In the future, technology infused classroom will have either
desktops, laptops, tablets or Ipads.
Potentially even keyboards embedded in in the desk with screens that
come out of desks. Each room would have
interactive whiteboards. All information
exchanged via text, audio, or video would be cloud based and accessible through
the internet. Instructors would act as
guides through the educational process and provide individual tutoring as seen
in some blended classrooms. Students would interact in the classroom through Forums,
Blogs, Wikis, and live in teacher led Socratic style discussions. Students would work in groups on joint
projects and exchange and complete assignments through internet sources. Instructors would arranged learning
experiences that would include virtual filed trips and cross-world classroom
exchanges from other countries. Students
would work together doing peer editing via applications like google docs.
Currently my class is very similar to the vision above. Most information exchange is done on the computers
excluding teacher/student class discussions.
Annotation is done on computer using comment tools in MS Word. I plan to
incorporate video of student speeches and have these become part of student portfolios. Joint research projects will be put together
using Wikispaces and students will keep blogs to record reflections of their
educational progress. Augmented reality will help introduce new
terminology. I use the classroom smartboard
to takes notes during discussions and lectures and post these notes to
Schoology/Edmodo for students to access along with screencasts of application “how
to’s”. Doing this much with technology helps students learn technology while completing
assignments which helps them be better prepared for high education. One final activity I would like to put into place is group problem solving assignments done with teachers and students from other countries. I believe it would be a dynamic lesson for students to participation.
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