Teaching and Learning with Technology

This video was developed by the Pleasant Ridge School District and shows their system for establishing a model for how their teachers collaborate and use technology in the classroom.  They developed a computer lab with a smartboard where teachers could readily use technology and multimedia in the classroom.  One of the teachers in the school took the initiative to teach the other teachers how to use the system and to run the computer lab.  The teachers at the school got together and collaborated on ways to incorporate technology and multimedia in their lessons.  Overall, they have found the system very successful.  The students, parents and teachers all love it. 

After taking TWT and learning how important it is to use technology in the classroom, I found this video to be encouraging. One thing I have worried about is how older teachers, who are clear digital immigrants, will take to the use of technology in the classroom.  This video showed a number of older teachers who were extremely enthusiastic about the use of technology in the classroom.  Pleasant Ridge only had a single computer lab, so teachers had to share time in it.  I hope to be able to teach in a classroom with a smartboard that has multiple computers or iPads available for my students to use.  The more I can incorporate technology into the classroom, the more my students will learn and the greater their computer skills will be (Computer skills are almost essential in the 21^st Century to find a job).