As New Year is approaching and many of us are trying to make new year resolutions that will change our lives, I thought of coming up with New Year resolutions related to how I use technology in my classes.\u00a0 So here it goes…<\/p>\n
In 2010 I will try to use New Technologies in a slightly different way. I will try:<\/p>\n
1) Not to allow new educational technologies to define who I am as a teacher, but to use technology to become the best science teacher I can be.<\/p>\n
2) To be patient with new technologies and not to give up even if the technology does not seem to be doing what I want it to do or what it is supposed to be doing (think tablets, Classroom Presenter…). I will allow myself some trial period.<\/p>\n
3) I will be more reflective on how and why I use technology and will try not be suck into “using technology for its own sake”.<\/p>\n
4) I will try and use technology to allow my students to take the lead and will not try to dominate the activities (think clickers, tablets. )…<\/p>\n
5) I will find people who use technology in creative ways and will learn from them.<\/p>\n
6) I will listen to my students and learn from them about how technology helps them learn and what works…<\/p>\n
7) I will not get sucked into “cover more = the students learn more” psychology.<\/p>\n
OK, let us see if I will be able to stick to my own New Year resolutions. May be 7 is a magic number? Actually, it is my first week of using this blog. Will this technology help me be more reflective?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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