We can see a few of the NETS Student Standards in the Chapter 1 video from the text. It seemed like the teacher was unsure of the experience her students had with using the graphing calculators. She was working to be certain that students had a "strong understanding of the nature and operation" of the calculators, which would demonstrate the first NETS standard of Basic operations and concepts. The students were using the calculators as Technology productivity tools with an attempt to "enhance learning [and] increase productivity". The technology in this case was helping to give students a better understanding of the communicative property. The graphing calculators in this video were also being treated as Technology research tools. The students were given a worksheet and were asked to "process data and report results".
I feel this teacher did a fair job with her presentation with the graphing calculators. She was trying to let her students feel a sense of comfort with the technology and at the same time evaluate their knowledge of the technology. One thing that I would do different if I were the teacher is to create more of a necessity for the technology. Perhaps, I would wait until teaching a different topic and show the extensive work that goes into solving a problem and then explain how technology can be used to make the process much more efficient.
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Yeah, Shane! I'm glad your textbook finally arrived.
ReplyDeleteI kind of felt as if the teacher forced the technology into the lesson before the students were ready. I think that technology should not be used just for the sake of using it. It's one of the reasons why I love teaching this class - we focus on the integration as much as the tools. As with any tool, technology has its place in the classroom. It can be a blessing or a curse...sometimes both in the same day!
I like to use these videos to showcase examples of using technology in the classroom. They aren't always 'this is how you should do it' videos. Like this one, there is certainly room for improvement. But honestly, I admire any teacher willing to be recorded! And the videos give me a chance to showcase integration strategies that I would have shown in an on-campus course.
Keep up the good work!