Throughout the course New and Emerging Technology, I have learned a lot about what it means for a technology to be considered ‘emerging’ and the importance of keeping up to date with new tools being released. According to Serim & Schrock, “The most obvious challenge in keeping current with the new shape-shifting technologies coming into view is understanding how they can be used to improve learning” (2007, p.13). Throughout week’s six and seven I created an application entitled, “Changing the Game at Your School”. For this activity I was asked to create a learning activity that involved a new and emerging technology and then use the activity to influence the adoption of a new technological tool at my school. The final part of the application was to explain how I would write a grant for funding in order to purchase the new technology.
This assignment was extremely helpful in that it gave me the opportunity to apply my learning to a real-life, authentic situation. Knowing that “technology can make a significant positive impact on the quality of teaching and learning, the level of student motivation and engagement, and the intensity of career preparation” (Gillard & Bailey, 2007, p. 87), I was able to think of how I will adjust my own teaching to include technology. Now that school starts in a month, I have time to write a grant and apply for technology funding. This class has helped me to see the importance of incorporating new technology into my teaching so that students develop twenty-first century skills. I am excited to use my resources in finding new and exciting ways of motivating and engaging my students with technology in the upcoming school year.
References
Gillard, S., & Bailey, D. (2007). Technology in the classroom: Overcoming obstacles, reaping rewards. The International Journal of Learning, 14(1), 87-93.
Serim, F., & Shrock, K. (2007). Nailing digitial jelly to a virtual tree. Learning and Leading with Technology, 35(4), 12-16.
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