Technology in the remote classroom
Teaching in remote schools is an extraordinarily rewarding experiences but it comes with its challenges.
It is important for educators to provide students with the experiences and develop their skills that will have them participate in a technological society. It is arguably more important for students in remote communities as they have limited access to these technologies outside of the classroom. Teachers in remote schools cannot assume students have any …
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Mobiles and then smartphones revolutionised our communication and have impacted the classroom. Certainly, as a teacher, my smart phone is a mini-computer; it is my primary tool for accessing the internet and doing a range of activities in class (Carr-Gregg, 2019). It is the only type of communication in the school, I am constantly taking …
After doing a Web 2.0 unit in 2008, I launched enthusiastically into the world of wikis. My students weren’t as enthusiastic. The classroom experience did not achieve the level of student communication and peer feedback I had hoped for. A few students discovered these types of online tools have a management system that prevents inappropriate …
As teachers we know if we teach long enough ideas roll around on a great cycle. Sometimes its government based and other times we remember a useful tool we used to use but stopped. I last used Bloom’s Taxonomy in 2011. The school dictated that all faculties used it. It was a useful way of …
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As a teacher I have technological knowledge that many of my non-teaching peers don’t have. I have had access to devices and to various software platforms and applications that support learning. According to the review by the American National Education Association, (cited in Ertimer & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, 2013, p.177) teachers were more confident using technology for …
I wish to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land I work on and live on, the Kaytetye and I wish to acknowledge the Elders past, present and future of the Kaytetye, Warumungu, Warlpiri and Alywarra whose people live in the community and whose children I teach. Four years ago I left the city for …
Technology in the remote classroom