I interviewed Heather Todisco and she is a reading teacher at New Winsdor Elementary
School. She pulls kids out for
small group instruction. She has a
smartboard in her room and has access to laptops. According to Heather, she tries to incorporate technology in
her program as often as possible.
She uses the smartboard almost everyday. When asked about her challenges she faces when integrating
technology, Heather said that hates when she relies too much of technology and
the technology fails. Heather also takes the students to the computer lab often
to post on blogs and play ELA games.
I agree with the fact that you can rely on technology and have it fail. It is so frustrating when you put in so much time and have a great lesson planned for the SMART Board, computer, etcetera doesn’t work.
ReplyDeleteI know! I remember working on this presentation for undergrad. I spent many, many, many hours working on it. All of a sudden my disk didn't work and I couldn't pull it up. I swear I spent something like 20 hours working on it. I was so upset.... I learned a valuable lesson that day... BACK UP EVERYTHING and RELY ON NOTHING!
ReplyDeleteAgree. Always have plan B and always back up everything. But with Dropbox, I feel safer that my files can be synchronized with all my devices. :-)
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