Mar
26
My GAME plan was to learn how to use a SMART board
in my classroom. I am happy to say I have
been getting lots of helpful ideas and links from my fellow classmates and
fellow teachers. It is sad and funny at
the same time as to see how many different teachers are in or have been in the
same situation that I am finding myself in.
I have been given new technology and given no instruction as to how to
use it. What a waste of money that so
many teachers are given the much needed technology, but no one followed through
with the instruction leaving the teachers to put the extra time into learning
the technology on their own. It is not
asking too much to be instructed on how to use something. People from all professions know that the
education system is in many ways broken but no one has an idea how to fix
it. Here is a great idea, allow the
teachers to solve the problems and take the politics out of education.
My problem with the new
technology is just one example of the many problems in education. Neither my principal, my superintendent,
school board, nor any Politian came up with any solutions on my problem with the
SMART boards. Fellow teachers agreed and
said “Hey I had that happen to me too”.
It comes down to good old communication. This communication is not
clouded by selfish political agendas or anyone trying to justify having a job
by sitting in four thousand meetings and getting no ware. It did not have to do anything with any
tests. By communicating with someone on how
to do something and then pass that knowledge on to the next person. There was a problem and my fellow teachers rolled
up their sleeves and got to work. How
much work could be accomplished if there was not any red tape in education and
just allowed teachers to be teachers?
Not test givers but real life educators.
I
am going to have to modify my GAME plan by getting deeper in the idea of
figuring out how to use my SMART Board.
I have to basic understanding now and a few different programs and tools
for it. Now I want to know what else can
be done with using a smart board. I know
that I am able to keep my students attention when I do use the board. Students and technology is like peanut butter
and jelly. When done correctly they are
a natural fit that is hard to separate.
What I am trying to do is figure out how to get it correctly done.
If anyone else is
having any trouble with this like me these are some of the links that were
given to me. They really helped. Or if you have any links that you use that
helped I would love to add them to my list and share them with other teachers.
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