Technology shows a great impact on the our modren life style. We cannot even imagine our daily routine without technology. We as a teacher needs to be very careful about the use of technology. I find it as my responsibility to prepare my students and help them to explore new technology, but its only possible if I find myself comfortable with it. A teacher always taken as subject matter expert. I knew that I an not very efficient in that field, but I also believe that we can learn any skill with practice. Using technology is not an automatic skill, the more and more time you spend on it you will be in love with it. We have to create our interest in it.

                   From last two weeks, we were creating our own websites for our future classroom. As I mentioned earlier, I am not expert in the  use of technology. I Knew that it is not going to be easy for me. But my professor showed me lots of ideas and I Spent few nights to figure it out. While working on it I realise it will be a great help for my future classroom. This website will help me to organize my stuff at one place. I can influence my students not only in the classroom but also outside the school too.

                      I always find parents as a great source in child overall development. We can contact each other regular basis. I can put my presentations, students best work, and excellent resouces on it, so anybody can find it easily.  There are still lots of things I still need to learn in technology. May be that's why we call ourself life long learner. The most important thing is, learning always shows better result when you share it with other.
                                                 "Always Share Your Learnings"

Last week we discussed abuot 'How to improve high level thinking of our students' in my course 'Evaluation and Assessment'. I find it really thought provoking, what a teacher need to do to make her students think beyond the obvious? How they can connect themselves to that particular situation? I also atteneded a PD last week "Real World Teaching", and I found my answer there. Then I realise our teaching should not only limited to our text books, but we should connect our students to the real world. Teacher should always think that how could we teach our students in a best way?  The answer is definetly not by reading books only but with 'Hand on Activities". Let them learn by doing things in science and social tudies.
For ELA, teacher should not ask only recalling question, the best choice is to use 'Bloom Taxonomy' to prepare questions. I know that asking Questions is not an automatic skill, we have to prepare ourself for it, for first few years teacher can prepare questions in advance, write down them on the sticky notes and ask students on appropriate time. To develop their high level of thinking is by coonecting them with ICT. Ask them to expess their views on blogs.It will be hard for first few years. But at last it will pay us worth.
 I myself was very uncomfortable in writing blogs in the begning. But gradually it is improving my confidence and incouraging me to use techology in my teaching. Even though i am finding lots of difficulties in technology because i wa not use to it,but i am really want to thank my teachers and friends for their help. I am looking forward to learn more and more technology in my classroom, which will be very helpful for me and my students in future.

Teacher as a Mentor

For generations, the focus of the classroom has been on the teacher. Who typically stand in front of the whole class and control her students. She might taught all subjects or a particular subject. She must be taken as a subject expert and she should be perfect in her subject area,because she is the one who can make and break their futureBut with awareness or introduction of computers in the classroom has changed the traditional role of the teacher.
Teacher is not the one who lecturing or directing students all the time but she spend most of her time in guiding, assisting, and  counciling her students. To role of a teacher become more wider than before. Teacher need to be more open, bcoz education didnot remain limited to our classroom. Teacher should always make new efforts, so that our students become able to think beyond the obvious and try to make personal connection with topic. It will definetly help them to develop their high level of thinking. Technology can help alot in such direction. After taking my ICT course now I realised how Journal writing, bolgging helps us to broaden our thinking. It is a great way to make our students more creative and engage them with their learning.
  Now we are creating our own websites, where I can learn how a teacher can influence her students and parents outside the classroom too. Teaching is my passion and I want to learn more and more, to make my teaching engaging and effective.

Blocking or Filtering the Internet at School

Last week we talked about five polls in the classroom. we are supposed to talk about one of these topic. our group choose "Should School Block or Filter their internet?"

Before starting the discussion I was very sure about my views on 'yes' to some extent school should filter their internet, because our midddle years students are not very mature enough to decide what is good or bad for them.They are full of curiosity and exictement to use new ideas and as a teacher or parent it is the duty of their to decide what is better for them. And for this purpose filteration is necessary to some extent. I was one of the parents who stop their kids to go on such websites, which are not age appropriate for their kids. But such things may lead our kids to show  more interest in these websites, and they want to try them more eagerly.

After discussing such topic in our group, I realise that we should provide them knowledge about these things and let them aware about the pros and cons of such websites and why they should not go for them. A teacher should make some rules before doing any activity. It will help our students to know that what they are expexted to do in the classroom and how they can get better achievemnts.

Parents should also encourage their kids to work on new technology, but they need to be very careful with it. They should spend some time with them when they are working online to support them as well as supervise them in a positive sense. It will definetly raise our kids confidence level and also develop better relationship with parents. Then there will be least chance of our kids to go in a wrong direction.
           Now i am totally convinced that allowing our kids to use more and more new technology with the support of their parents and teacher will make a big difference in their life. It will improve their overall personality as a life long learner and a better citizen to take right decision, first with the help of their teachers and parents, and then by themselves.

Now at the I would come into a conclusion that school should not filter their internet. We should trust our kids and give them some responsibility to show their capabilities to explore the world.