Chapter 12

Chapter 12 discusses "Integrating Technology and Creating Change As Teacher Leaders."
The chapter starts off brilliantly by mentioning 2 teachers who teach under different financial circumstances. It goes on to compare the teachers and shows how the technology resources available to each helps with their teaching. This is what technology integration is all about. The way that teachers connect technology into all aspects of their instructional and professional work.

Educational change is also an interesting topic in Chapter 12. It refers to the innovations by teachers that create new patters of teaching and learning in school. Educational change does not just occur by adding a computer to the course.2 things must be present: a teacher mindset and multiple pathways. As a future educator, I can definitely see myself striving for educational change. I noticed that a lot of the material teachers use is recycled and taught the same exact way. I would try to push myself to new limits and be innovative in teaching the course. I believe that in doing this, my students will be more interested in the material and it would be fun to switch it up and integrate fresh ideas within the course.

Inclusion and infusion in technology are big ones as well. Inclusion is using technology to transfer information to the student while infusion is an ongoing process within a child's education. Both methods are pretty good, but I think infusion would be what I would use. This feature allows students to regularly use computers for research and since students are going to need to know this in the future, it works.

RESOURCES:

"Blended Learning: Transforming Classrooms with Technology." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2015.

 

"Journal of Educational Change - Incl. Option to Publish Open Access." Springer.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2015. 

 

 Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

 

"Student Login." Bitstrips for Schools: Login. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2015.