Teacher Updating!!

As the magazines, websites, expositions,... the teachers must update themselves periodically. We can update our teaching skills and methodology, our use of the voice and especially, the knowledge of a topic, class, lesson, detail,...

Technology is one of the most important knowledge that a teacher can have and I am very proud of my level of it. Technology can help us to improve the efficiency of our work: it can make the learning process easier, funnier, more rewarding,...

I have already had a good command of Word, Power Point and Excel, so that these resources will be important in my lessons.

But I am glad to tell you that what I did learn in EdTech 202 is a good base on Monkey Survey, Cinch, Voki, Blogger, Delitious,... I believe that we can take advantage of this huge variety of resources.

However, I need to improve my skills with the computer in order to work faster and easier, and what I really need to improve is how to handle with Portfolio. Hopefully, I will get it by the time.

This is what technologically I can offer the children as a teacher. Moreover, I am really curious about every new method of teaching. What for? To be a better teacher.

Let's Update!

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My opinion of the technology in the class

Dear parents,

In these days in which the most important discussion in the education is the presence (or the lack of it) of digital and technological resources in the Net, I am not going to feed this bulk, as I believe that we are forgetting something essential: the quality of the education.

I am not from the United States, but at least, in the Basque Country, I see every kind of behavior faults, loss of important values,... and this decrease of the children's behavior is directly related to parents' work and the presence of the new technologies.

I consider fundamental the division of the resources by their educational profits. Bearing this in mind, I would only choose the resources that can help us to improve the actual ones, not the ones that can decrease the quality...

So, this would be my list and the decision with different resources:

+ Highly recommendable: digital chalkboard, Internet for searching information, Power Point, Word, Excel and every similar programs...

= Not a great change: iBooks (but I prefer the traditional books)

- Not recommendable: the individual laptops to take notes of the class, write compositions and so on (they should write with the pen); unless exceptions, the cell phones in the class (if emergency, the school and the teacher would have the obligation and the possibility to call),...


As you would have already noticed, I am not the greatest supporter of this new wave of modernity (of course I feel like adding it to the classroom), but I have my reasons and experiences. I want to take advantage of this new and additional help, but I believe that we have to teach the children how to use these stuff, as they can be damaging.


Kind regards,

Benat

Introduction...

Kaixo denori! Nire izena Benat Garaio da eta 20 urteko euskalduna naiz...

What? You don't understand the first sentence, right? My fault!

I will start again:

Hello everybody! My name is Benat Garaio and I am a 20 year-old basque exchange student! That's why you have read such a different and unique language.

I really want to be a teacher, as I had in my childhood very good teachers meanwhile in High School I didn't enjoy my studies at all. My real challenge and goal is being a good teacher, so that I am hard-working and I have plenty of curiosity.

This goal is one of the reasons to take this class, the other one is that I am forced to do that by my university in the Basque Country... Just kidding! I was really excited about that class there, so when I realized that I would be in BSU, having such a huge oportunity to know really good technology I felt like in cloud nine!
This is what I expect of this classes, more resources to achieve my goal and a new way to adapt to this digital society!

We live in a society (at least in my case) which needs to activate a efficient filter to the TV, social networks, the possibilities of the internet,... our class seems to be the perfect solution. But not the only one, as the parents have in every aspect of the life a deep impact. However, they are not doing a good job (once again, at least in the Basque Country), fact proved by the increasing behaviour problems and the change of the values.

I think that is enough for today!

See you soon!

or the same in Basque: Laster arte!