During an observation last week at Deerfield High School, I overheard a freshman student telling her teacher that something had gone wrong with her "forum post" for that week. After the student left, I told the teacher I had overheard part of the conversation and asked her what they were talking about. She told me that the class had an online forum in which the students were able to respond to teacher prompts and occasionally converse with each other over the web. I then explained to her how I was utilizing a similar forum in one of my teacher-certification classes. The teacher seemed so excited about the possibilities the forum presented to her students, both in terms of content and simply becoming familiar with the technology.
Next week for the same certification class in which I am partaking in the online forum, I am doing a "hot topic" presentation on the use of technology in English classrooms. In my opinion, it seems like this topic should not even be up for discussion. Given the artistic nature of the subject of Language Arts, the possibilities for incorporating technology into the curriculum seem endless. Furthermore, when taking into account the multiple intelligences, technology seems to be the perfect medium in which to appeal to various learning styles, such as visual and auditory, to name just a few.
One of my main goals as a Language Arts teacher will be to consistently introduce to my students new ways to use technology to assist them with their study of the subject. Some technologies I see being extremely beneficial in the classroom include Podcasts, online discussion forums, audio books, and countless computer programs created for just that purpose. As a (hopefully) soon-to-be teacher, I feel it is my responsibility to build up my knowledge in all of these technologies, as well as others, to make myself the best possible teacher for this highly technological generation of students.
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