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I'm an enthusiastic and hard-core learner. When I'm not in front of my books or at school I hang out with this little guy.... who swallowed one of my socks a couple of days ago and is now wearing a cone for Christmas.

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Dash and Dot Educational Robot.... so much fun!!

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I am super excited to teach technology and my reasoning is 3-fold

1. Technology is such a broad concept, and touches in on a wide variety of possible teaching in school. So to incorporate technology should be easy as it naturally is involved in some way already.

2. Students love it! They are 100 times more engaged when you bring out the iPads, or the dash and dot, or allow them to use the interactive whiteboard. I love to see them get excited, and learn without them knowing their learning because they're having so much fun.

3. Technology does make our lives easier. Initially it takes some time, effort (and sometimes tears) to learn how to navigate it but once you've got it, its easy-breezey.

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I have a few concerns and fears for teaching technology, I'll list them and explain:

1. Technology is EVERYTHING we know. How do you teach everything to students in the small amount of time we have them?

2. I don't know everything, or even understand it all... the history, the now or the future of technology. How do you teach something you know so little about?

3. Where do you start? It's so broad! (note this is also a reason I am excited about technology)

4. What happens when you've planned this awesome lesson with technology integration and technology fails you?

5. Usually when you integrate technology you need to allow more time, setting up, logging-in, logging-off, Wi-Fi interruption etc. There sometimes just isn't time... what then?

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Digital technologies:

Poplet

Pic Collage

Powerpoint

Microsoft Teams

Reader's Companion

Dash and Dot

Interactive whiteboard

iPads (research, video, audio etc)

Kahoot

Canva

Microsoft Word

Other:

Mini whiteboards & markers

Pencil & paper

Paper mache

Paint