IFO Technology Use in the School/Classroom

21 September 2022

In both my classes (on white and purple days), technology seems to play an integral role in the classroom. Students start every day with their “bell work,” in which they respond to a prompt given by the teacher and post their responses in Schoology where the teacher is able to view them. Each student is expected to do this. All the information the students need about assignments and what will be happening in class is on Schoology. These prompts are also given to students via a projection of a word doc that is being displayed on Mrs. Kendall’s desktop. It has been somewhat difficult to make observations about technology in the classroom because both classes are working on the same project. Therefore, there hasn’t yet been a structure to how the classroom typically runs in order for me to see any changes in daily usage of technology and electronics. For the most part, students sit with their laptops open for the duration of the class period, some working on their projects and some not. Some students are also on their phones, again, some working on their projects and some not. It’s hard to see technology serving as anything more than a vehicle for doing and submitting assignments in the classroom.