Week 3 Blog Entry

This week’s readings were half completed before the tutorial because of the immense size of them.  I did however get the chance to see the way that people change their mind/opinion about technology within the classroom through the readings in seeing one journal article then the same person rewriting it 20 years later.  Through this I do realise that in the classroom putting weekly readings online is a good thing because it allows for the readings to be accessible to the student on any format.  I would however provide my students with hard copies because my eyes usually hurt after having to read everything on the screen for such a long time.

My group has been working well together utilising Google Docs.  We have posted all of our research up on the blog so we are able to read what each group member has done.  This allows us to be able to share resources in an easily accessible way rather than having to send a lot of emails.  I like also how it shows you who has edited it last.  I still cannot find on there where you can go to see who has edited what and when.  Through being able to use this I know for certain that if it is possible to use Google Docs in the classroom then I will introduce it to students to allow them to do group work online.  It has allowed me to post things up even when I am on my mobile phone.

Throughout the tute I was able to use other technologies.  I have started writing up a list of them in delicious and am looking for another website to post favourites up to as well.  The information I am able to put onto the internet through cloud computing is endless and I have discovered so many different uses of technology like (going back to first week) the BCI (Brain-Computer Interface) where it picks up thoughts and emotions and can convey to the reader what parts of the brain were stimulated and when.  Technology within the classroom was already a high priority to me however now that I am in this course it looks like technology should be used throughout school life because technology is constantly evolving and changing (like education) and in 10 years could be completely different.  Keeping that in mind I think staying technological is better than reaching a certain point and advancing no further just to find out that technology has changed enough that you no longer understand it.