EME 2040 Digital Badge #B Laura Guzman Moreno Becoming a 21st century teacher.





Computer technologies and web 2.0 tools. web 2.0 tools refers to many new technology that teachers use to communicate with students and parents. This subject is interesting to know about because i agree with what it says of how technology became a part of our lives. for instance it says that "2/3 of the planet has a cell phone"(24) and also that" Engineers are putting trillions of transistors on a single computer chip"(24). This is really something to think about all the new stuff they are inventing while I'm here trying to figure out the ones I am learning now. This new technology is going to impact me pretty good as a teacher because I am going to have a better interaction with my students. How is technology impacting to me as a student? Oh boy! I think that using a cell phone is nothing compared with all the technology that I'm learning about in this class.Some of us really have to dedicate most of our day to learn the new resources  in order to be successful in teaching and as a student.

"Barriers to Technology Use".Lack of access to technology is a crucial barrier to technology use by teachers. Teachers with multiple computers in a classroom are more likely to use technology as an integral part of classroom learning. Multiple machines in a classroom makes it easier for a teacher to divide a class into smaller groups, with some students using computers while the rest do other activities (31). With experiences from where I work. I have seen  how students engage with what they need to accomplish by them selves with the help of the computer, while the teacher is assisting another group. Both groups feels supported by the teacher. I agree with the teaching schedules because there is not enough time to get to the computer room or to start 23 students in a laptop, because in order to use the computers it usually takes like 20 mins. just to get started on the project. For some students and teachers, this can be very stressful.

"Methods for Teaching with Technology." Student centered teaching reminds me of my place where I work. I think this is a good philosophy because of self experience.  Ms.Moreno's class, she works with 3 different groups. She has beginners, middle, and advance groups. She uses Goal of Learning and Student Motivation with the advance group. this group can work by them selves with just an explanation from the teacher at the beginning of class and then some of the same students can help the middle group to achieve their work while Ms. Moreno is teaching phonics with the beginner group. Students Motivation, as transforming Learning with New Technologies mention," a scale that goes from students expressing wide-ranging interests and curiosity to students knowing the material in textbooks and curriculum frameworks" (36).The middle group feels the curiosity to know the work that the higher group is doing and they engage to them with more confidence. The students  feel important, secured and supported by Ms. Moreno.

My solution is that all of this information is very helpful and any of this methods that i can use is going to work if i do it with enthusiasm, patience  and love. Also we as new teacher/students need to be engage with all the new technology that is coming new for us to learn.


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Textbook Resource:

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.