Tech+Integration

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1) “An Introduction to Teacher Development” was an interesting video that focused on the skills and abilities that teachers need to master in order to succeed in today’s teaching profession. The video discussed things new teachers should learn to help them succeed in the classroom. The four main points of success according to the video are integrated theory and practical experience, strong mentors, on going support, self assessment and reflection. These all seem like very helpful and reasonable points for new teachers to help them succeed. They also discussed the necessity of technology integration in the classroom and how significant and important it is for the teacher to have the ability to use a number of different tools and resources both in and out of the classroom. I like seeing what resources are available to help teacher’s succeed because this is very relevant to me as a future teacher. 2) Technology integration is extremely important in today’s educational setting. There is a plethora of knowledge and resources available with the technology and the internet. Information can travel around the world with in seconds and it is vital for the teacher of today to utilize this information and resources. It would be ridiculous to not take full advantage in all of these resources, especially when it comes teaching social studies. The subject area that I will be teaching can be greatly enhanced and brought to life if I were to properly implement different technological media sources and information. For example, if I were do to a lesson on the roll Nixon played in Watergate, I could show movie clip interviews, newspaper articles, speeches from that time, pictures and outline of the hotel etc. With my field, utilizing different resources and information is a key aspect and helps to make the information more tantalizing and understandable