So much to learn.....

I am surprised by how much I have learned this semester in TPTE486. I am surprised because I know that knowledge of technology and patience with technology are not two of my stronger attributes. My husband made the comment tonight that I should be proud that I have put an entire website together. To tell the truth - I think he is more suprised by new skills than I am. He knows how impatient I can be when I am trying to come up with something new and technology-oriented for my students.

Standardized Testing

I will refrain from pondering the usual stresses of AYP EOC season, even though the biology EOC will be conducted THIS Thursday. I am curious as to why we are not yet giving computerized versions of the state tests. I will assume it is because not every school has equal access to this important equipment. Just think of the paperwork load reduction...... and the speediness of test results.....and the decreased emphasis on test security.....

More thoughts about technology.......

I had a discussion just recently with a fellow teacher regarding textbooks. It seems that some parents become concerned when their child is not issued a textbook. For some reason, they take the lack of a book brought home as an indication that the teacher is not really teaching. Wow! Really???? Yes! You would think in our technology driven world that we would no longer need to require students to drag around that 25 lb. burden. After all, most textbook companies now offer the book on disc. So it seems that we still have a need to balance the old with the new.