I looked at the evolved role of technology in the 2017 classroom. \u00a0We probed the experience of two teachers\u2019 view\u00a0of \u201ctechnology in the classroom\u201d as a journey from student to experienced teaching professional.\u00a0 We finished with their vision of the \u201cfuture of e-learning\u201d.\u00a0 Teacher J has been teaching high school chemistry and junior science for 13 years.\u00a0 She was interviewed in her room during her last period prep block.\u00a0 Teacher C has been teaching high school ICT for 22 years.\u00a0 He was interviewed in a nearby preparation room while his class worked on something.\u00a0 Both teachers grew up and teach within the BC education system.<\/p>\n
Theme 1:\u00a0 Technology as Enhancement.\u00a0 <\/strong>Both teachers remember their 1980-1990\u2019s student and pre-service teaching experience of technology as not present in the classroom or things that enhanced existing practice.<\/p>\n As students\u2026 As pre-service teachers\u2026 Theme 2: \u00a0Exploiting the Affordances of Technology.\u00a0 <\/strong>In their current practice, both teachers have obviously undertaken significant professional development and both understand and extensively exploit the affordances of digital technology and Web 2.0 including LMS (i.e. Google Classroom, WordPress), collaborative documents (i.e. Google Docs, Github, Wikispaces), online formative assessment tools (i.e. Kahoot, Poll Everywhere), data collection systems (i.e. Vernier Probes), visualization tools (i.e. PheT, Canva), cloud-based tutorials (i.e. Khan Academy), and digital storytelling (Youtube).<\/p>\n Teacher C:\u00a0 \u201c[Technology] is any device that allows you to do work either easier, or makes the job easier or more effective.\u201d Theme 3:\u00a0 Bleeding Edge Issues For Learning 2.0\u00a0 <\/strong>When asked about leveraging technology in our digital classrooms of the future, both teachers identified reliable access inside the classroom as the biggest issue. I looked at the evolved role of technology in the 2017 classroom. \u00a0We probed the experience of two teachers\u2019 view\u00a0of \u201ctechnology in the classroom\u201d as a journey from student to experienced teaching professional.\u00a0 We finished with their vision of the \u201cfuture of e-learning\u201d.\u00a0 Teacher J has been teaching high school chemistry and junior science for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49895,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1669387],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-interview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49895"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions\/2621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTeacher C: \u201c[Computers] were used to replacing handwriting or manual typing.\u201d
\nTeacher J:\u00a0 \u201cTechnology was wasn\u2019t a big part of the high school classroom…the overhead projector was the technology of the classroom.\u201d
\nTeacher C:\u00a0 \u201cWhen I was in grade 11\u2026I learned programming, but that was outside of the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTeacher J:\u00a0 \u201cIn [2003] my B.Ed\u2026the integration of technology was not a big part.\u00a0 There was no push for technology, implicit or explicit.\u201d
\nTeacher C: \u201cThere was nothing [in 1995].\u00a0 The web didn\u2019t exist.\u00a0 There was just the internet.\u00a0 The expectation was that we would use the computers for research\u2026to make things look nice.\u00a0 It was \u2018let\u2019s replace manual technology with digital technology.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTeacher J:\u00a0 \u201cI let my students use their cellphones to text in their answers using online polling software.\u00a0 Students really enjoy that\u2026it is engaging for them.\u201d
\nTeacher C:\u00a0 \u201c[the students] collaborate, they co-create, they co-edit, they develop what they need to develop socially, together.\u201d
\nTeacher J:\u00a0 \u201cWhen we were doing labs, students were recording the chemical reactions, making a time lapse video, and adding a link to their lab report.\u00a0 I was able to go and see their reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nTeacher C:\u00a0 \u201cThe road blocks I run into are when I want kids to work together and something won\u2019t let them.\u00a0 Invariably that turns out to be institutional restrictions.\u201d
\nTeacher J:\u00a0 \u201cI think technology is an integral part of the classroom now.\u00a0 I\u2019ve done many things with bring your own technology\u2026I think that\u2019s the future.\u00a0 Teachers are requiring technology in their classroom, and they don\u2019t have it.\u00a0 Access is important for us, I think.
\nTeacher C:\u00a0 \u201cI want technology that works as well in school as it does out of school.\u00a0 Everyone else uses technology for a million things in their life outside of the building.\u00a0 I want a technology that lets us do the same thing inside [the building]…not a completely parallel set of tools, but that the needs are met for both groups and you only need to use one of [the tools].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"