Week of Aug. 25

This week, we only had class on Thursday. On Thursday, however, we began by discussing the "Teaching with Technology" article. The article discussed the different types of educational technology used in classrooms, the levels of technology adoption that different teachers reach, and more. The definition they use of technology isn't limited to mechanical equipment - educational technology applies to books, worksheets, chalk boards, dry erase boards, informational videos, etc. as well. The major stages of technological adoption that teachers can reach include familiarization (learning about it), utilization (beginning to use it themselves), integration (beginning to use it inn the classroom and relying on it), reorientation (looking over its current valu ein the classroom to see if it's in the students' best interest), and evolution (remaining open and acknowledging the fact that educational technology is always changing).

In class, we began to review Windows. For our Windows exercise, we just had to set up a folder to save our files in. We also started our blogs (obviously). We discussed the Word exercises, and I also began to work on those.