Discussion Question 1 week 1

Weekly Articles

• Two Fantastic Examples of How Technology Changes Teaching and Learning (Opinion)
  • http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/leadership_360/2018/03/two_fantastic_examples_of_how_technology_changes_teaching_and_learning.html?cmp=prt-str-crs-2018 Leadership 360
  • The professional conscience of every great educator guides them to prepare children with an education that develops the skills and knowledge to be successful in the world. Not our current world, mind you, but the one in which they will live as graduates of our systems.
• The Future of Classroom Technology: 5 Experts Weigh In
  • http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/06/14/the-future-of-classroom-technology-5-experts.html?cmp=prt-str-crs-2018
  • Better research will help schools evolve toward more creative use of classroom technology, ed-tech leaders predict.

Education Technology – The Big Picture

• Describe technology integration in  your child’s classroom or research the technology integration in the school system where you live. Chesapeake VA "Westerenbranch High School" . Based on the reading and the articles, what instructional support does the technology fill? What learning theories do they address? What are the gaps?
• Respond to at least one of your classmates. Based on their description, what do you think are the barriers to filling those technology gaps? What are some ways you can propose to bridge those gaps? Do you see any gaps that the original poster did not bring up?
• Review the responses on your own post. Do you agree with the assessment that others have provided? State why or why not.