TJ Schmidt

      Being on both sides of Khan Academy as a student previously and currently learning to use the site as a teacher, I begin to understand the helpfulness of it. Starting Khan Academy as a student was a nightmare when we had it. There were a couple major problems that we ran into, one being the teacher I had and his philosophy on the site; the second problem being with Khan Academy, it would only allow us to do so many problems before it timed us out and stopped our progress. We essentially could only do one section per day of the week, and if you missed too many problems and didn't pass that section, it threw off the whole week's schedule. It really stressed us as students out having to stay up waiting for the timer to run out so we could do the next assignment. I remember staying up until times between 12 A.M- 4. A.M. just trying to get back on track. Often times getting in trouble with my parents and creating a conflict within the household simply trying to do h...

 TPACK: If we lag so far behind in the integration of technology, what else have we let slip by the wayside as well?  Are schools lacking funding the reason they lack behind in integrating technology? Does part of the lack of integrating technology come from the resistance of teachers unwilling to change their ways? If we keep going this way with technology on the rise in classrooms, (meaning the implementation of technology-based classrooms) would an instance such as a power outage throw off teachers? (when we finally switched to laptops we lost power due to a snowstorm, we got to go home early because we had no access to the internet). Teaching and Technology: If we begin to focus so much on implementing technology into our classrooms, will we start neglecting social skills as a result? Will this implementation of technology take away from student's group work in a sense? Regarding the first paragraph in the technological myths, if we bring up technology without a balance an...

     There are many ways to implement google classroom as a teacher. As a teacher, I plan to implement google classroom as a way to assign lessons, homework, and quizzes. It's efficient to be able to put all of these assignments into one area for students to access when needed. Also, I can use google classroom to post updates about the class. As a student, you can use google classroom to keep updated on the class and do assignments assigned by the teacher. Also, you can use the classroom to communicate with your teacher. Students may also be able to use google classroom to share work with each other during group projects so they don't have to be in person together if something like COVID-19 ever happens again. As a parent google classroom would be a beneficial tool for them to keep up with what their student is doing in class. In a technology-based era, some young students will struggle with being able to keep up on their assignments or struggle with some of the technolog...

  “how technology changes our life in some aspects such as education, medicine, life, the way we communicate, and the way we respond etc.”     Sometimes after a long stressful day I sit back and wonder what it would have been like to be alive 100 years ago. So lets compare the year of 1920 to the year of 2020. World War 1 had just ended, and the "mass media" was born. The "talking box" now known as the modern day radio became a huge hit in the year 1920 after it started broadcasting live results of the presidential election. Only three years later 500,000 radios had been bought by American people. That is a great example on how fast technology can evolve and how quickly people catch onto it and want the "next big thing." Now in the year of 2020 people can simply pick up their smart phone or tablet, and get the latest news on the presidential election.        I think that the video on how technology has hijacked the dinner table relates to eve...

Jackie Loya 8/24/20 Educational Technology Cheng, Hsien Wu, PhD.     How technology changes our life in some respects such as education, medicine, life, the way we communicate, and the way we respond etc. While watching the video on how technology has hijacked dinnertime, I saw how this video relates to our daily lives. We are constantly on our phones, tablets, watching tv, etc. that we don’t even try to communicate verbally anymore. We are being distracted by technology and taking our communication away from our family. It also takes a lot of your time away. We could sit for dinner and not speak one word because we are all on our phones. There is times where my husband and I do tell each other to put phones away and have an actual conversation and will do that for a couple of days and then we forget and go back again to using our phones during family dinner. My daughter gets real upset when I turn the tv off or take phone or tablet away, she cries hysterically...

  “how technology changes our life in some respects such as education, medicine, life, the way we communicate, and the way we respond, etc.”     Although technology can be a massive blessing in today's society, it can also be a double-edged sword. With the world being as fast-paced and constantly changing, technology has been no exception. It has made leaps and bounds in improving everyday human life, whether we're aware or not. As global pandemic sweeps across the nation, we've been able to turn to our modern-day technology to seek other solutions. When we could no longer be in the classroom in person, we had the availability to switch to learning over the internet. Although it took some adjusting time, the experience I've had has been somewhat successful. I don't believe you can beat being in class, but in a time where you can't go due to circumstances, it's the best option to have. The technology of today is incredible. I observed in a classroom in Libera...