Today in my Education Technology and Design class there was a lecture on 1.1 and Mobile Computing; we used a free poll generator instead of the Backchannel chat we normally use to discuss the lecture. The poll generator can be found at this link-> http://www.polleverywhere.com/ it was really interesting to say the least. I've participated in many online polls before both on my social networking sites and as well as in my class rooms but I never really thought about creating my own poll before; and boy did this lecture get me thinking about it. Since then I've been thinking with polls when it comes to getting immediate feedback on things; I don't mean that I have polls on hand when I want someone's opinion on something but I have used a good number of them in my UNI Student Organization meetings.
I also would like to point out that I think the use of polls in class rooms would definitely be a great way to get even the shyest of students to participate! I remember how it felt when I was in middle school, I hated it when my teachers would call on the students who didn't raise their hands. I remember how embarrassing it was to be put on the spot like that, so now that I've learned more about poll generators I will most definitely make use of this in my future class rooms!
Its exciting for me to learn about the different ways I can integrate new technology that I wouldn't haven even thought possible when I was growing up, in my future class room and let me tell you that being an aspiring teacher and thinking about things such as: "When I'm a teacher..." or "In my class room I'm going to use this" is a wonderful feeling because knowing you have the resources to make it happen is the best feeling in the world for me. I can't wait to get my hands on kid-friendly laptops and Echo pens and become more familiar with the technology around me.
When I was growing up the closest thing I had to technology was my family's land-line; my parents didn't allow my siblings and I to have our own phones until we were almost through high school. My older brother is 28 now and his first phone was a cordless phone he bought when he was a senior in high school! For my sister and I it was much easier to talk our parents into letting us experience cell phones; we received our first phones when we were sophomores in high school.
Its amazing to look back to the 80's and realize how far we've advanced in technology, from big blocky computers to microchips and global positioning systems! If there is anything I've learned from growing up as a digital native its that if you're going to make it in the world of teaching you've got to think like a 21st Century teacher!
That's all for today, hope you enjoyed this blog!
Happy Monday Everyone!
~Ms. Lawler
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