I
use technology quite often each day. I use two laptops, a personal one and work
one, a smartphone, a tablet, and a Promethean Board. I use my work laptop to
keep up with my graduate classes, post grades for the classes I teach,
communicate with my students’ parents, and prepare my lesson plans. The programs
that my school uses for communicating with parents and students and posting grades
are Gradequick and Edline. On my
personal computer, smartphone, and tablet I use social networks to keep up with
my friends and family that are out of town. I use my Promethean Board on a
daily basis to give notes to my students and to play the daily video
announcements. I also use Ipads on occasion to assist me with teaching a
particular subject.
I
appreciate being able to use technology on many different tools. I am able to
continue my job as a high school math teacher and take classes because of
technology. I can also communicate with students and their parents frequently
through technology. I send weekly emails to my students’ parents to keep them
up to date on what goes inside of the classroom. Because I have the ability to
post grades and communicate with parents and students easily on my computer or
smartphone, it is sometimes difficult to separate home time and school time. I
can easily become distracted on social networking sites instead of the doing
the graduate work that I need to on my computer. The important thing with
technology is to set boundaries and goals to be sure that family time is not
infringed upon and that work is productive.
