Beth’s Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom

The current educational system is descendant from the Industrial Revolution, and the vast wave of immigrants that arrived during that time. It was designed around the wonderful new invention; the factory. Its purpose to provide a basic education to the masses to help them assimilate to this new land and provide the much needed work force to support the development of new industries. The factory style educational system led to the compartmentalization of information so that it could be passed…

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I have been a classroom science teacher for almost 20 years. When I began in the mid 80s the classroom learning experience was vastly different then today. Back at the beginning of my teaching career I though it was pretty cool how I could take different sheets of colored ditto masters and create colored diagrams for my kids. I could run an 8 mm projector, the slide strip machine, opaque projector and the VCR. I used a text book, dittos…

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Whether you teach a face-to-face class, a totally online class or a combination of both it is important to remember that all learning takes place within the student. The purpose of education is to make a change in the learner. This may be the acquisition of knowledge, skills and change in attitude. All courses must have clear measurable objectives. All courses must have a way to assess if objectives are met. No matter what type of course you develop or…

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I have taken courses using Blackboard and am now getting into Moodle. There was no question that the courses I took at Bridgewater State College would lead to graduate credit. There are many online courses and professional development opportunities whose credit is accepted by institutions of higher learning and state licensing boards. But then there are high schools. Online Learning is a new way of doing things and will require some changes in how high schools look at courses and…

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