When
did you first start utilizing technology in your
classroom?
Some
teachers began using computers in CEGEP; they would use computers in
the classrooms and use Excel spreadsheets to record experimental
results. Other teachers continued to use the primitive overhead
projectors.
I started using overhead
projectors over ten years ago.
I started using
computers about 5 years ago.
In your opinion,
have there been improvements in learning due to the use of
technology in the classroom?
Allows students to "see" outside the classroom.
Yes, more access to
information. No, creates laziness.
No--as technology improves
students/society expects more and some basic content knowledge is
lost ie-calculators and adding in head.
Information can be
presented many ways to enhance learning styles.
Can use clips from movies
to help illustrate concepts and themes.
Yes!
Different learning styles can now be better accommodated with the
use of technology.
Learning has become more participatory and interactive which
is a better way to assimilate new knowledge.
On
the down side, students now have a greater need to be "entertained"
while in an educational environment.
Yes, there is more available information and
more options for research.
Not necessarily.
Yes, students like
to work with computers.
Yes, it is easier to
present larger amounts of
material.
How has technology changed the way
teach?
Focus on different topics in math due to calculators.
Computers have made
assignments and tests more varied, easily updated, etc.
PowerPoint, video, CD all enhance the class.
More current information
because of internet. Keeps things new and fresh.
Less lectures on
board.
Some people
claim that they have been teaching for only a few years so nothing
has actually changed much. Others are amazed with the new kind of
calculators.
More knowledge
is available.
Word processor - it's much
easier to create educational material. Compute r- I
have easier access to information.
I use more audio- visual
aids, PowerPoint etc.
The computer gives me the
option to retrieve information and to edit it. Actually,
the computer helps me improve my lessons.
There wasn't much of a
change.
The use of computers today
is obvious. In the past it barely existed.
You can type up tests on
the computer and you can send the students to search for information
with the computer.
Some
teachers began using computers in CEGEP; they would use computers in
the classrooms and use Excel spreadsheets to record experimental
results. Other teachers continued to use the primitive overhead
projectors. 
I started using overhead
projectors over ten years ago.
Allows students to "see" outside the classroom.