Technology in the classroom

The big question in today's classroom is that is there is enough technology to go around? Well that is tough to say because the funding for technology is quite lacking in the United States Public School Districts. It seems that when schools have the technology most do not know how to use it and when other schools need technology in the classroom such as something as simple as a computer cart it is no where to be found.

Anyways though I believe that technology is a vital part in a classroom and is needed for students success. Keep in mind that schools do not need to have smart boards, computer carts and iPad's for every class, but they should be able to have the resources available to them such as a computer lab that a class can visit a couple times a week. There are so many resources on the internet and accessing takes a computer with an internet connection. With those two things students educational experience can open up tremendously and they will be able to learn so much more that reading in a textbook. They can take live tours of specific places in the world, learn new languages, find quality information for research, chat and blog with their peers and much more.

So I ask you, what do you think about the implementation of technology in the classroom and how do you think that if would effect student learning? Do you think that there are any downsides to it?

I am interested to hear what you have to say and thank you for reading my blog post this week!

New Technology and Hybrid Classes

Hello to the people that are reading my class blog! :)

Anyways I have to say that this class that completely online is good example of how people can come together and collaborate together. I believe that there is actual learning taking place and it seems that lots of people don't believe that this is a good way to teach. However, it is true that you do need interaction with people face to face and I do not mean Skype or iChat. I had an interesting idea about schools going completely hybrid. I believe that this would bring a new way of learning into a high school or college campus. Imagine a Monday, Wednesday, Friday class and on Wednesdays the class was completely online. This would allow all students to get their options and points across and create a true collaboration among peers. This way students would have more time to collaborate with classmates and do other outside activities or jobs that will help benefit them when they finish school. I believe that this would be a good idea because this type of learning would reach out to a lot more students. It might even attracted more students to a specific college. That is my thoughts for this week, so what do you think?

Also, I found something that is new and upcoming soon. It's called uBeam which is a wireless way to charge devices.

Do you think that this is worth it and would you buy it? Do you think that this will really take off? Let me know what you think.