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Chapter 12, describes great ways to integrate technology. As an educator I believe that we need to be aware of all aspects of new ways to help out our students. Technology is a great way. Some of the things I want to discuss is if one is using technology needs to know how to address it, the difference between infusion and Inclusions, and the negative issues of integration of technology.

One who uses technology, must make informed choices, explore technology, and promotes changes. I agree that when integrating technology it is the educators job to make sure it will actually enhance learning, or that the information being showed to the child online is up to date. I believe it is a change that takes time to adjust because students are used to being told to put their cellphones away and it has not been really a regular custom. Being an educator in the 21st century I feel like promoting change with using technology is great because it changes the way a kid can learn. I agree as well with the statement in the text that says, " change should be intended to make it possible for every student to reach their learning potential."

Infusion and Inclusion are two completely different ways in using technology. Inclusion means that computers and information are used mainly for transferring information and practicing skills.  Then there is Infusion, which means that computers and other information technologies are ongoing features of teaching and learning in all academic subjects at all grade levels. For example computers are now a part of the classroom so it is integrated in many of the lessons. I believe that infusion plays more of an important role in learning than inclusion. This is because infusion is more in depth and not for a minimum amount of time like inclusion.

In integrating technology there are issues teachers face. There are six main issues, Administrative support and teaching style, Unwillingness to change favorite lessons plans, reluctant to use technology in new lesson plans,use of technology as reward or punishment,use of technology  as add on to other activities, use of technology to separate students by ability. One of the issues I think is important is using technology as reward or punishment. because it occurs everywhere. Where I work the tactic of having good behavior equals computer time and bad behavior equals no computer time. Little did I realize that using this minimizes the use of technology for their learning purposes. It is not only in the after school program that I work at but many others use this tactic as well. In my opinion agree with this being an issue  because it will diminish their eagerness to learn.

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Free Image on Pixabay - Boy, Girl, Hand In Hand, Kids. (2013). Retrieved November 19, 2015

 Gonzalez, Iliana. "Socrative." Socrative. 19 Nov. 2015. Web. 19 Nov. 2015. 

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

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As I reviewed chapter four there were some concepts that captured my attention. As we go through the course EME 2040 I feel like many of these concepts are things that re going to affect our teaching styles.The three main concepts I think would help any educator including myself, are somethings that have to do with lesson planning. what to teach, how to teach it, and lastly,standardized test. 

To begin with I want to discuss what is referred to as Lesson design and Development. A part of this topic is the Academic content provided through the lesson plan, In other words the teacher faces the question, " What to teach." As educators although there are school system guidelines , one must know how to make it into a lesson plan so there is a clear objective. The academic content is, the facts, concepts,ideas, skills and understanding that one is going to share with their student, I feel this is very vital because a student needs to know what needs to get done. I think clarity is something big in this part of Lesson design and development,

Another part of lesson design and development that I think is what I would like to be able to achieve is how to teach a concept. It is one thing to figure what what one is going to teach but is another thing to know how to teach it I think this part of Lesson Design and Development is harder to achieve. In the book it lists many ways to be able to achieve this by using  technology such as, using presentation software, or websites, webcast, blogs or online discussion. I believe that as a teacher one should get to know the students to see which way can be more helpful to the students. For example to get the How to teach part, is important to understands ones students first. This will allow teachers to take different approaches. 


Lastly  I want to take the tome to discuss standardized test. These affect what is going to be on the lesson plans.  For those who do not know what standardized test are provided by nation, state, or district. " Specify what students are expected to know and  able to do at each grade level. " In my opinion I do not like these type of tests. I have taken them since 2nd grade all the way to my sophomore year in high school. I think theses test do not measure the intelligence of a student or can accurately measure what they know. I know this because growing up I hated the month of march and April. It was a time of stress to see if I would go on to the next level. I hated the fact that they were timed because although I knew the material it was terrifying thinking what if i did not have enough time. I think these test can only go so far. Also the new way of taking these test is now being taken using technology. These tests are behind a computer screen and it is terrible. I have experienced both the physical and the digital. When being behind a screen for more than 3 hours it affected how i saw the screen. My eyes began to hurt  I felt that it only deprived me from scoring higher. I honestly feel like standardized testing is not as accurate and is a kids nightmare. 

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 Free Image on Pixabay - Check List, List, Exam, Test. (2012). Retrieved November 12, 2015,

Gonzalez, I. (2015, November 12). Chapter 4 Iliana. Retrieved November 12, 2015, 

 Sathy, K. (2013, May 15). This Test Does Not Define You. Retrieved November 12, 2015, 

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

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Chapter 11 addresses in performance assessments for both the teacher and student and ways to actively involve students. Three concepts that I believe as a teacher one should be aware of is that just as we re going to evaluate students we will be as well evaluated as educators, also that there is a concept called democratic schools, and how to engage them using technology,

I want to discuss that as future teachers we will go through evaluations. administrators will walk and see how one is performing. They will evaluate our class management, our academic and class performance. I feel like this is important because as new teachers one has to be aware of what they can improve in. I feel like it will only allow us to get better. I also think though that evaluations are great, there can be complications. I feel that education politics comes into play.

An interesting concept I found was democratic schools and classrooms. Until reading this chapter I did not view schools like this or that such thing existed.  This is a movement that wants to allow students to be part of the educational and academic learning decisions, Its about establishing a balance and It sounds great. The teacher is in charge but the students have more voice. I think this concept is great as long as the student is accomplishing things, In the after school program I work in I feel like I have set up this type of environment. My students decide what games they want to play or what they want to watch based on some options. They feel like they have a voice and therefore they enjoy and tend to be more attentive,

I think the book provided an example on how to engage students using clickers, which is a student participation system. I personally have experienced this and feel like it i a great way to engage students. I think as educators things  like these will allow us to know which child is participating and we can know where they stand in a certain subject. There are also other things that have come since clickers, such as things like Socrative or Kahoot.it. I have experienced many of these while in school I think they are great. In kahoot it automatically shows you the result and it feels more of a game than anything else. Socrative is more I want to say formal. All of these are a great way to get the student engaged, to know if they understand or not, Also I think it can be used for other reason other than academic. It can be used to get to know the students better or to see what they want to do as activities or as a poll. These are great tools!

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Gonzalez, I. (2015, November 4). Socrative. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

 Free Image on Pixabay - Playschool, Children, Human, Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5, 2015. 

Kahoot! (n.d.). Retrieved November 5, 2015.

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.