Reflection for Technology and Readicide Group 2

Teaching the New Writing: Technology, Change, and Assessment in the 21^st Century Classroom

Molly O’Connor

Leanna Longoria

Saul Jimenez

            This was a fun project and I wished we had the time to actually finish it. Writing your own story and then coloring it and putting yourself in it would create a sense of joy and accomplishment in the students. The time crunch definitely made the lessons that day seem crunched, but they were longer than thirty minute assignments. Technology can change the ways we teach in such profound ways.  There is no telling what new technological marvel is going to sweep through my students, and I will have to find a way to utilize that tech.

            One thing that I took from this class was that grammar and spelling go down with auto correct features and that makes perfect sense and shows that technology is not a magically solution. Like everything it needs to be taken in moderation and the old pencil and paper ways should not be entirely forgotten. I have some classes where I still take paper notes and sometimes I prefer it. However, what is important is that we help students find a way to love writing and technology plays a big part in that world when so much writing is being done online.

Readicide Group 2

Joyce Merino   Juliet Polk

Bree Dodson   Mollie Zuehlk

Caleb Meyer    Matt Morley

            I’m sure Matt didn’t intend it, but his deep voice while reading all the statistics gave them an air of dread and foreboding. Like the fact that twenty seven percent of adults didn’t read a book in ’07. It provided a good mood that went well considering what the book was about. I also like the To-Kill-a-Reader Casserole and the Bibliophile Recipe. The first was a creative way to illustrate the authors ways that school kills reading and the second offered a solution, which is more important that just stating a problem exists.

            Their four part lesson was also a lot of fun. We got to draw, predict future, and address fears. An effective lesson for younger students. And just like the other activity today, it was not meant for thirty minutes. But the snippet we got was very well done.