Tim+Chase

Things that are good about teaching with technology? Hmm. I like the instantness of it. I like it that I can go and get the info to answer a student question immediately. I like it that what I teach is made more relevant by the use of contemporary communication tools. I like the collaboration of it, too. I like having students working with each other to create!

Frustrations about teaching with technology? Although I would never want to go back, I have to admit that there's more that I'm NOT doing now than there was in 2002 when I COULDN'T do it. In 2002 I couldn't keep the class blog updated, take and post pics of kids, record my lessons into .mov files or take .jpg snapshots of things under the document camera. But now although I CAN do all those things, I didn't add any more hours to my teaching day and I only end up doing some. . . and I feel like I'm doing proportionately less for my students than I did back then, in part because I can do so much more.

I've embedded a video below on the joys of social networking. . . and below that is an embedded BUBBL.US map.

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