Week 11 PLE

I watched both videos, the Bookends of War and Inside Kapunahala.

I have always thought that using technology in assignments and activities in the classroom would be enjoyable for the children, but these videos confirmed that. When technology was used to enhance the activity, the children were much more engaged in and focused on the activity. Because they were so much more focused on the activity, there was less problems of off task behavior for the teacher to worry about. They were more engaged because using technology is not something that students are used to doing in all their schoolwork, so it captures their attention more. I think it prevents the students from becoming bored because it allows them a new, more fun way to learn the information that they are studying. This just shows how important it is as a teacher to incorporate in some way technology into our lessons. Not only will it enhance the activity and make it better and easier to learn from, but it will keep the students more engaged which in turn creates a more harmonious classroom.