Journal Entry 1: Becoming an e-Teacher

How do new technologies create new opportunities for teaching and learning?As time progresses everything changes, when I was a third grade student; We did not have the opportunities of using any kind of technology in the classroom as oppose to now. Students in this generation are thrown at the world with a much greater advantage, most of the students that I have worked with in the passed like to do activities that are more hands on as oppose as to something that you have to read off, of a book. Technology opens the door to a new world of learning where both students and teachers cannot just only enjoy but also do it in a safe environment, for example a year ago during my sociology class instead of taking our professor giving our class an exam using paper and pencil, our sociology teacher gave us clickers so when every time a question came up we would click in our answer A,B,C, or D. As much as I would like to take a test on paper this was one of the most efficient ways to take an exam.

Encyclopedia of Educational Technologies

The encyclopedia of Educational technology is a collection of short multimedia essays written specifically for teachers and students by graduate and faculty members in the department of educational technology at San Diego State University under the editorship of of professor Bob Hoffman. the site functions like a dictionary similar reference tool with topics arranged alphabetically. you can look up most key terms and concepts related to both computer hardware and computer use in educational business, social settings. The link below leads you to the website where everything is shown and can be looked up on with more detail.

http://eet.sdsu.edu/eetwiki/index.php/Main_Page

The introductory chapter is based on incorporating technology into the new age students classroom, where they should know how big of an importance it is for them to learn to use these new tools because it plays such a big role in their lives. I am really excited to learn on the new ways I can use technology to teach in my future classroom.