Weekly reflection #4

During week 5 of the education technology class, we presented our ideas for a group inquiry project to each other in our online zoom class. I found the array of topics that each group chose quite interesting as so many of them are topics us as future educators will have to grapple with and try to understand. For example, my group has chosen to tackle the use of AI in classrooms for both the good and the bad. Some other topics by other groups include “How did school going online during COVID affect students’ learning?” and “What are the primary internet safety issues for use in the classroom, and how can they be most effectively taught?” I think it’s really great that we have the freedom to choose some of these topics that are of interest to us. I think some of these things are not only of interest but of worry. I think we as teachers are going to be challenges with teaching the first ever generation that is completely surrounded in technology. There is no point shutting it all out because kids can not escape the technology that is rapidly developing around them. I am looking forward to these presentations as I hope they will educate me or inspire me in my journey to becoming an technology literate teacher that protects and equips her students.