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By:Iliana Gonzlez - ABCYA

In chapter 9 it talks about how to use technology for creative purposes in the learning experience. I think that keeping it interested and up to date can help kids feel more related too. Being a 21st century teacher one has to be flexible with this technology because this is what kids are using now a days. Some concept that I found interesting is PowerPoint, YouTube and lastly using digital Cameras.

To begin with I want to discuss PowerPoint, I believe PowerPoint is the best presentation tool. I think that the flexibility and how much creativity ou can add to the slides is amazing. All my life I have used PowerPoint and it has been great. For example for business presentations to just casual in class assignments or projects. I feel like PowerPoint can be taught t a real young age. Perhaps when students begin to read it can start to be a useful tool. On the text book it showed some disadvantage of PowerPoint one being that students might zone out. I disagree with this. PowerPoint allows one to pull a presentation together it has no control over the content the user puts in or how the content is delivered. So hen saying kids zone out it is perhaps the presenter needs to work on some skills on how to keep the audience interested. PowerPoint is an amazing tool but it can not keep the audience engaged if the presenter does not.  PowerPoint is just a tool depends how one delivers the information or the purpose of it.

Picture By: Paul Reynolds – Flickr

Another concept I would love to use when I become a teacher is Alphabet books. As for me the ideal grade I would love to teach is Kindergarten. Using just the simplest of technology to create a lesson plan is awesome. So when creating an alphabet books one takes a picture of the student holding items that begin with a letter from the alphabet. For example, A can be used when the child holds an apple and so on. Using pictures or digital cameras in education I think is an easy way to integrate technology in a lesson plan. Another example may be if teaching higher grade one can create lets say perhaps a science journal and use the digital cameras to take pictures of the experiment.

Lastly one thing has facilitated learning are videos. Many times I have search video on task that I am not sure of. My main search engine for this I say would be YouTube. YouTube has transformed the Internet. This website is not just for music. This website allows one as an educator to provide I believe a fair and flexible environment. I want to talk about how easy it is to fin educational videos here. you type in a subject of choice and it will show up, or the book as well mentioned using an external website that will direct one into the right videos. When using videos it allows you to rewind, replay pause and these features are important even if for us they are simple. Working in an after school program I have noticed that kids usually will not understand on first attempt so these options become great and convenient. Another of using YouTube conveniently is by lets say the child still does not understand they can take it home and watch the video themselves pausing it and replaying it as many times as they want. Finally a teacher can use it to upload videos of important work or procedures a student missed out on if they were not present in school. The student can access these videos and be prepared for the next day of class.


Resources:

 ABCYA. (n.d.). Retrieved October 21, 2015

 Films, W. (2011, May 9). How to Give an Awesome (PowerPoint) Presentation (Whiteboard Animation Explainer Video). Retrieved October 22, 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.

Reynolds, P. (2006, July 4). My Camera. Retrieved October 22, 2015