Journal 9

Journal 9: "How to do More with Less, " by Liz Page, Tracy Sheehan, and Colleen Worrell March/April 2012 issue of L&L.

Page, L., Sheehan, T., Worrell, C. (2012). How to do more with less. Learning and Leading with Technology, 39(6), 18-20. Retrieved from http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learningandleading.

      This seemed to be about how to distinguish the way of teaching can be altered in order to incorporate free digital programs into the teaching in order to better educate the students while staying on a very low budget that most schools are accustomed to.

     The two techniques of how these applications are being applied are the blended technique and the flipped technique. The blended technique aims to combine both regular teaching techniques with digital online programs in order to better educate the students and get them familiar with technology, since that is how the world seems to be changing towards. The flipped technique is that instead of homework, you have more of a system where the students learn the material on their own at home, and have active discussions in class and hands on projects to confirm their knowledge.

     The article gave many popular examples of free programs that are used by teachers and can be implemented by any educator.

     Question One) What do you feel is more effective with students, a classroom that focuses on new popular online programs to help learn, or that focuses on normal education techniques?

      Answer One) I feel that technology is becoming more and more common and children are becoming more and more fluent in understanding this technology as time goes on. I think that new technology will engage the students better and keep budgets down since there is no need for any materials other than the internet.

     Question Two) Of the technology available, what type do you feel is more enticing, social media based programs or more traditional educational focused programs?

      Answer Two) I feel that every student use social media on a daily bases such as facebook and twitter.  Therefore, if teachers use these tools that the children already know and love then they can truly get more out of lessons that are thought in school. I think that the best way to use these would be for homework assignments. Parents could even see what their children are doing and if a student has a question other students or the teacher will be able to answer even if its late at night.