Thursday, September 2, 2010

Chapter one

Although this chapter was very interesting and I learned a lot I am very concerned with the amount of reading for this class. I know most (if not all of us) are in internship and we don't exactly have time to sit in front of the computer and read for hours on end. I am already very interested in the course matter and integrating the computer and technology into the classroom and I am looking forward to learning more.
Sometimes I worry that I won't be able to keep up with technology and the changes it makes.
I have never had an online text book and as cool as it sounded at first I realized very quickly that my eyes hurt after a while and it was distracting to be connected to the internet while reading. I want to be very interactive with my intern classroom and students but if i'm up all night reading hundreds of articles or trying to figure out one class I will be no good to my class.
I would like to learn more about computers and technology but I am still kind of weary about changing from my comfortable, more traditional ways of teaching. Right now, I don't see anything wrong with being OK with the activeboard and a white bored. Most of my students don't have internet access even at school.