Saturday, March 17, 2007

Using Technology In The Classroom

The last article that I read for this week was an interesting article. It was from the Kentucky Department of Education and was posted as a PTA bulletin. What I liked about the article is that for me it gave me a comparison on what the belief of technology should be and where it is going in Florida and what other states are doing or planning to do with technology. It also gave me as an educator a chance to see what parents were expecting to see with the use of technology in the classroom. While there were many ideas and beliefs in this article from Kentucky that we in Florida are already using and implementing, there were a few new ideas and thoughts that I found interesting and feel we as a country should keep in mind as we continue as educators to integrate technology into the classroom.

Here is the web site to read the whole article:
www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Technology

2 comments:

nhokanson said...

Thanks for sharing this resource Rick. One of the most important things technology can do is create conversations and communication between educators, students, and parents/guardians. Anything that can increase and further facilitate that process is wonderful. The ¨What parents need to know¨ information under ¨Parental Involvement" is valuable.

kevin404 said...

The $50 million technology initiative is interesting. In light of the readings from earlier in the class, it'd be nice to see how the technology investment compares to investment in training. I didn't see dollar figures attached to any training initiative.