I am frustrated. There are many people that teach because it's a steady, safe job. They have no passion for the subject they teach and their boredom leaches the joy of learning from their students.
How can each of us prevent this from becoming us? I am a returning student because I chose a safe profession that made good money. I've not had any joy in the experience, money isn't everything. Will I be able to maintain my joy and curiousity once I begin to instruct? How do I reach students that have succumbed to the dulldrums brought on by previous instructors?
Can technology pique their interest? How do you find things that are exciting to a generation that doesn't talk to anyone in person--they just text? Would creating a class Wiki get them to open up and "talk" or would it be a waste of my resources?
What are your ideas? Do you have any ideas on bringing technology into English Literature?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Using Technology in English Education
I am currently in Ed-Tech 202 and begun to seriously think about technology in my future classroom. I hadn't truly considered it before this semester.
I will be teaching English in Secondary Education (Middle or High School). I suppose that I had taken for granted that Final Drafts of my students' assignments would be typed. I had not considered the full implications of using word processing software. Why should we use it just as a type-writer? Wouldn't it be a GREAT place to begin teaching them how to produce professional, appearing documents?
Every profession in the world requires employees to be literate. Part of that skill is being able to be understood by the people you are communicating with; but isn't it SO much more? Isn't it also about catching their attention and drawing them into what you've created?
I would love to teach my students how to truly be heard because that empowers them. Bill Gates once said, “There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to work at a higher level than they would have without all that information just a few clicks away.”
Technological Possiblities: Research, Publication, Q & A with popular Authors.....the list could be endless. What are your suggestions?
I will be teaching English in Secondary Education (Middle or High School). I suppose that I had taken for granted that Final Drafts of my students' assignments would be typed. I had not considered the full implications of using word processing software. Why should we use it just as a type-writer? Wouldn't it be a GREAT place to begin teaching them how to produce professional, appearing documents?
Every profession in the world requires employees to be literate. Part of that skill is being able to be understood by the people you are communicating with; but isn't it SO much more? Isn't it also about catching their attention and drawing them into what you've created?
I would love to teach my students how to truly be heard because that empowers them. Bill Gates once said, “There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to work at a higher level than they would have without all that information just a few clicks away.”
Technological Possiblities: Research, Publication, Q & A with popular Authors.....the list could be endless. What are your suggestions?
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