Future Goals
when i am hired as a teacher and have my own classroom i plan use technlogy in many different areas. with the world becoming so computer oriented it’s important for people to know how to use computers at a very young age now. there are even programs for children as young as like 1 year! if you don’t know anything about technology soon you’re going to be lost in the world, especially with all the technological advances and how fast they’re coming.
there are many different areas i can use technology for in a classroom, some i plan to employ are:
1. accelerated reader - kids read a book then take a test on it on the computer to see how well they understood it.
2. educational learning programs that focus on certain skills - a game that helps kids learn shapes by getting through a maze stepping on only one shape. games like carmen sandiego where you need to know things about different countries or states in order to figure out the clues to where she has gone.
3. websites that can help kids who were absent catch up. there is a site where you can watch a video with an audio explination of how to do certain math operations like dividing long numbers [5,280 divided by 3] or multiplying multi-digit numbers [46 x 7]
i can also stay up on new technology by subscribing to a technology journal or one centered on education in technology. i will also join a mathematics teachers association to find out the latest programs to use with my students. being a teacher i will have to continually go back and take courses every so often and i will take some computer courses to keep up with the new technology. i will also attend available workshops to further my knowledge of computers and other technologies for educational use.
i hope all these things will help my stidents become more comfortable in a technological world.
