Things you do not think about...

After reading the text, I realized how technology may have a negative effect on teaching as well as students. As teachers we dont think a video or some images may overload the students and pull them away from critical thinking on the lesson. In the book it asked to think of some questions prior to creating a lesson using technology; 

• Is there overload of information being presented?
• Are the visuals used to enhance the text presented?
• Do the graphics take over the web page?
• Are there a lot of media techniques used?
• Does the site meet the needs of visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learners?

Each of these question should be asked when creating a lesson using technology. Another problem i hadn't thought about when allowing students to use technology is, plagerism. It allows the students to be able to copy / paste and cheat. In my classroom, to teach ethics pertaining to plagiarism, we would discuss what plagiarism is, and how one may be classified as plagiarism. We would discuss that if they did get information off of the internet they would need to cite and quote every word used from that site. I would teach them how to cite everything. The next assignment the student would write a descriptive paragraph on a hobby they are interested in. Once the students were through with their paragraph, they would all switch papers so they wouldn't have their own. Each student will be asked to re write their classmates paragraph WITHOUT copying what they wrote, they will be asked to paraphrase. This will show the students it isn't easy to change someones words into your own, but it is possibly and it has to be done.