I interviewed Hayley Henderson from Moore Public Schools.
1.What are your experiences for using technology in the classroom?
·I’ve used many types of technology in the classroom. The two schools I’ve worked in had different technology available. I've used chrome books, clickers, Mobis (portable writing pad), and some type of interactive white board (right now I have a Smartboard)
2. How to principals/superintendents react to your use of technology?
·My principals have been very supportive of my use of technology and even encourage it. They want me to do anything and everything I can to keep my students' attention and learn to the best of their abilities.
3. What are your best experiences with technology in the classroom?
·My best experience has been with chrome books. In my student teaching, we had class sets of Chrome books so every student had one on one experience with them. They really helped to change their perspective on assignments. It gave really easy access to research and Google classroom (my personal favorite).
4. What are some not so good experiences that you have had with technology?
·When I haven’t been properly trained on a piece of technology is when its the most difficult to use. I'm not the best at teaching myself so if no one has told me what to do, Im pretty lost. My interactive white board and Mobi were that way when I first started last year in Norman.
5. Are there any rules to what you can use technology on in the classroom?
·There are no rules that I am aware of. Right now I’m limited as to the amount of times I can have access to the computer lab or I’m at the mercy of being on the check out list for classroom sets of laptops but besides that, we have pretty free reign over what we do in our classrooms.
6. What kinds of technology do you have access to?
·At my current school, we have laptop carts and clickers that we can check out if we need them. I have 2 desktops in my classroom that I let students do extra practice on when they finish their class work. I also have a rotating schedule with the other two fifth grade teachers on my team so every other week I have a 45 minute time period of access to the computer lab.
7. Do you like using technology in the classroom for the benefit of your students? ·Whenever I use technology it is always to the benefit of my students. I feel like having the technology gives a little change to the monotony that a school day can have. It holds their interest better especially since kids these days are very into anything that has a plug or battery.
8. Does your school train you on how to use technology?
·I remember getting quite a bit of training at OU but available technology varies from district to district. I remember learning about smartboards at OU but that wasn’t what I had when I got my first teaching job. When I took the EIPT class with Dr. Cullen, we had mentors who were strong in technology but also very reputable in their field (whether it was early childhood, elementary, foreign lang, etc). My mentor ended up being who I student taught with and she helped me a lot during that semester and my first year with anything that I did not know already.
Through this information I learned, I learned that technology can be a positive thing, but it can also be limited on the amount of access you have to it. It is really up the the schools to know how much access you will have in your classroom. Most people in schools are very much on board with teachers using technology and are very supportive of that.
1.What are your experiences for using technology in the classroom?
·I’ve used many types of technology in the classroom. The two schools I’ve worked in had different technology available. I've used chrome books, clickers, Mobis (portable writing pad), and some type of interactive white board (right now I have a Smartboard)
2. How to principals/superintendents react to your use of technology?
·My principals have been very supportive of my use of technology and even encourage it. They want me to do anything and everything I can to keep my students' attention and learn to the best of their abilities.
3. What are your best experiences with technology in the classroom?
·My best experience has been with chrome books. In my student teaching, we had class sets of Chrome books so every student had one on one experience with them. They really helped to change their perspective on assignments. It gave really easy access to research and Google classroom (my personal favorite).
4. What are some not so good experiences that you have had with technology?
·When I haven’t been properly trained on a piece of technology is when its the most difficult to use. I'm not the best at teaching myself so if no one has told me what to do, Im pretty lost. My interactive white board and Mobi were that way when I first started last year in Norman.
5. Are there any rules to what you can use technology on in the classroom?
·There are no rules that I am aware of. Right now I’m limited as to the amount of times I can have access to the computer lab or I’m at the mercy of being on the check out list for classroom sets of laptops but besides that, we have pretty free reign over what we do in our classrooms.
6. What kinds of technology do you have access to?
·At my current school, we have laptop carts and clickers that we can check out if we need them. I have 2 desktops in my classroom that I let students do extra practice on when they finish their class work. I also have a rotating schedule with the other two fifth grade teachers on my team so every other week I have a 45 minute time period of access to the computer lab.
7. Do you like using technology in the classroom for the benefit of your students? ·Whenever I use technology it is always to the benefit of my students. I feel like having the technology gives a little change to the monotony that a school day can have. It holds their interest better especially since kids these days are very into anything that has a plug or battery.
8. Does your school train you on how to use technology?
·I remember getting quite a bit of training at OU but available technology varies from district to district. I remember learning about smartboards at OU but that wasn’t what I had when I got my first teaching job. When I took the EIPT class with Dr. Cullen, we had mentors who were strong in technology but also very reputable in their field (whether it was early childhood, elementary, foreign lang, etc). My mentor ended up being who I student taught with and she helped me a lot during that semester and my first year with anything that I did not know already.
Through this information I learned, I learned that technology can be a positive thing, but it can also be limited on the amount of access you have to it. It is really up the the schools to know how much access you will have in your classroom. Most people in schools are very much on board with teachers using technology and are very supportive of that.