Jumping on the back of Tracy Powell’s session idea of Teaching (with) Technology, I am interested in discussing how and what to teach to students who are very unfamiliar with technology. I am an English instructor at an open enrollment community college and I have students of all ages and technological abilities. I’m convinced that appropriately applied technology can benefit even the most technologically uninitiated students, but I would like to swap stories and ideas on what appropriately applied technology means.
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#1 by Pete on March 3, 2011 - 8:41 am
Ian, your session sounds like something that too often gets ignored. Currently I teach with students immersed in technology, but for most of my career I have had students who are average or below in the comfort with the technology I use in the classroom. One additionally layer for you to consider is how to make technology productive even in teaching environments that don’t provide a lot of resources. Some of us tend to forget that some students in universities or community colleges may be using a computer regularly for the first time or may be using libraries or other resources for access to the web, which limits their comfort.
#2 by Konni Shier on May 9, 2011 - 9:26 pm
I only just learned about THATcamp. I wish I’d known about it, but I was presenting at TYCA-SE (also in Atlanta) when THATcamp was meeting. I teach students who are mostly non-traditional/under-prepared at a two-year college, and I agree that you can incorporate new technologies in courses with these students. When my 200-level students make a Google lit trip, I really enjoy the look on their faces when they realize they are successfully making interactive documents.