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Interview questions – technology in learning

Our ETEC 533 class is preparing to do video interviews of teacher-practitioners regarding their use of technology, and as part of that preparation, we’re getting some question ready. Here are mine:

Introductory questions to understand the teacher:

  1. What classes do you teach?
  2. How long have you been teaching?
  3. What is your degree in?
  4. Why do you teach?
  5. Do you enjoy teaching?

Let’s talk about technology and teaching:

  1. What technology do you use in your classes?
  2. What challenges do you have with technology and education?
  3. Do you find that technology hinders learning in some cases?
  4. Do you find that technology accelerates learning in some cases?
  5. Does technology change your teaching style?

Let’s talk about technology and its effect on learners:

  1. How do students feel about using technology in class?
  2. Do students ever complain about not using technology?
  3. Assess students’ levels of technology ability …
  4. Do you see gender differences in technology use?

Let’s talk about the future of education:

  1. Envision the classroom of the future. What does it look like?
  2. What is your ideal classroom – no expense spared?
  3. If you could give each of your students a top-of-the-line laptop now, would you?
  4. How would that change your class?

By John Koetsier

I’m John. Glad you stopped by.

I’m an English major who got interested in technology a long time ago, spent four years leading a web development team, led product development for a major educational services company, and am starting up a Canadian office for EasyBits. I’m also finishing a master’s degree in educational technology.

Sparkplug 9 is a conglomeration of all my previous blogs. The archives go back to 2004, but I was blogging on other platforms (one roll-your-own that I built as an experiment) since before the word blog was invented.

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On a personal note I’m 36, married, and have three kids (Gabrielle - 12, Ethan - 9, Aidan - 5). We live near Vancouver, British Columbia, though I work on both sides of the US-Canada border.

I get passionate about aesthetics, design, and usability, and wonder if those three words are really just one concept. And I get excited about new ways of doing business and marketing … ways that respect people as people, ask more than answer, listen more than talk, try to serve, and, most importantly, create absolutely amazingly awesome stuff.

I play ice hockey, among other sports, and read history, science fiction, and just about anything else. I like pieces in just about every genre of music except rap, hip hop, and death metal.

There’s always more: people are only simple at a distance. Up close they’re granular, craggy, and complex.

But I’ve used the word “I” way too much already. So that’s all I’ll write here.

Have a great day, and God bless.

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