Lab Week 10

Today we reviewed our learning on evolution. Then, we began our discussion on technology in learning science. We talked about how we use technology currently and what kinds of technology could be helpful in our future classrooms. I think that I rely mostly on my phone and laptop when I use technology in my learning, but in a future classroom I think I would like my students to have access to iPads to have access to the internet and online applications like Canvas, Google Drive, and PearDeck as well as desktop computers on occasion to practice their typing skills and basic online presence skills. When we finished this discussion, we began working on making a picture book on evolution. 

I have spent lot of time in my other classes talking about technology and how it is utilized in the classroom, so I am very familiar with this topic. Classes like Foundations of Special Education and Teaching and Learning Technologies gave me a lot of ideas about the benefits of technology in the classroom such as flexibility, accessibility, and interactiveness. 

One question I am curious about is, how can we re-design education as a whole to accommodate the growing use of technology both inside and outside of the classroom? Also, will we discover in the future that the increased use of technology in our everyday lives has hurt any part of the development of children (including physical, mental, emotional, and educational development)?  

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  1. BrookeMarch 29, 2023 at 7:50 AM

    Brenna, I enjoyed reading your post. I had a very similar thought when learning about technology. I want to know if we are going to find out it hurts us in the future.

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  2. Taylor HospodarskyMarch 29, 2023 at 8:38 AM

    Hi Brenna! I agree that Teaching and Learning Technologies was a great course to introduce concepts of technology that can be used in the classroom. I think that the technologies that we learned about today can be very beneficial too.

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  3. Meredith BourgeousMarch 29, 2023 at 9:02 AM

    Hi Brenna, I feel the same way about technology, and drew a lot on prior knowledge from previous classes like you listed. I wonder how we can use technology to have less flaws like we experienced in class today with Dall.E.2.

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