Blog Post 6

Blog Post 6

       The school that I searched was my old high school, Dixie Hollins High. Once on the website I specifically looked for the Cambridge portion of the website, because I knew that my teachers worked hard while I was in the program to keep this portion of the website updated with the latest information for both students and the parents. On this portion of the school’s website you can find the list of subjects, classes and teachers that teach the Cambridge classes. You can also find what materials you need for each class and a brief description of what goes on in these classrooms. Since it is high school, there is also a spot for scholarship opportunities and college tour tabs that are open to all upper level students. The students that would be accessing this website could be prospective high school grade levels 6-8 or students that attend Dixie grade 9-12. It also goes into further detail about what Cambridge is, the benefits of the program and shares success stories of past graduates from the program and where they are now. Along Dixie’s website there are also portions for the other programs such as Culinary Arts and Cosmetology that serve the same purpose as the Cambridge page. These website portions are under authority of the teachers for each program and it is up to them to keep the website up to date.

  As I begin my career in the teaching profession, I believe that using technology to accomplish my professional goals is going to be extremely important. Technology will allow me to effectively stay in contact with my students and their parents. As well as technology being a major component in the learning and retaining information process, it also is a great learning facilitator. Technology can be used as an aid to make teaching easier and more effective from not just a teacher’s perspective but also the student as well. Increasing a teacher’s productivity with the help of apps, administrative software and classroom management software a teacher can focus on what’s most important being the students and not so worried about other things. I think that technology especially the different software’s such as the Microsoft package are going to be key components of having an effective and smooth-running classroom. I look forward to using the technology skills that I have and learning even more once I am in a classroom setting.

    I was in complete amazement after touring the Sandbox, it is truly amazing the technology and advancements that we have made it is truly breath taking. I enjoyed the tour a lot and I’m very thankful that we could take a tour and experience it all. All the devices that were found in the sandbox can potentially be used in the classroom in some way. I know especially the SMART interactive devices such as the SMART board and the interactive projector are very useful tools in a lower grade level classroom. As the students love to use these interactive devices to play games and watch videos. With interactive devices in classrooms, they can be used as incentives and prizes or even made to be part of a lesson for students especially for those in Elementary school. Something like the Google Glass could be used in an upper grade level science class to have an interactive laboratory right in the palm of the student’s hand as well as a 3D Printer/ Scanner. 3D printing is the way of the future and for students to be able to experience this inside of a classroom would put them a level above the rest.