Using Technology to Enhance Teaching Symposium on Technology Enhanced Pedagogy University of Saskatchewan April 14, 2000

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Using Technology to Enhance TeachingSymposium
on Technology Enhanced PedagogyUniversity of
SaskatchewanApril 14, 2000

• By
• Mhairi (Vi) Maeers
• University of Regina

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Why Focus on IT in My (Preservice)Teaching?

• to model effective IT teaching strategies that
  use computer technology
• to enable students to evaluate, discriminate, and
  integrate IT resources in their teaching
• to help students effectively use the Saskatchewan
  online curriculum

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• to help students graduate with the IT skills and
  competencies needed to meet hiring agency demands
• to help students view IT and computer-related
  technologies as tools and resources to be used
  appropriately to meet curriculum goals

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How I use IT in My (Preservice)Teaching?

• presentation of content material
• e-mail to and from students
• specific teaching of some IT skills

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How I use IT in My (Preservice)Teaching?

• demonstration of how IT can enhance the teaching
  and learning of content material
• involvement in the Bulletin Board of WebCT
• httpwebct.uregina.ca8080
• involvement in other aspects of WebCT

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How I use IT in My (Preservice)Teaching?

• I post all course content notes on the Mathed
  website
• http//education.uregina.ca/mathed
• The above site also serves to feature the
  students in each class and to publish some of
  their work
• Math Central also publishes student projects
  http//mathcentral.uregina.ca

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How I use IT in My (Preservice)Teaching?

• use spreadsheets to enter data, compare data, and
  represent data graphically

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How my students use IT

• use of web and web evaluation tools (and software
  and software evaluation tools) to determine
  usefulness and appropriateness of websites and
  software for teaching/learning environments
• integrate (appropriate) IT resources into
  instructional materials/activities for school
  students

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How my students use IT

• technology-related assignments, where students
  are required to create a website, or a
  Hyperstudio stack, or a Power Point presentation,
  etc. to demonstrate a math concept

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Important Considerations

• IT and current learning theory
• Preservice students and IT
• Inservice teachers and IT
• IT as a preservation of the status quo vs. a
  catalyst

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Other Ways I have Been involved in IT in the
Faculty of Education

• Technology modules for students
• Faculty inservice
• Graduate teaching

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What we Need

• we need to model how to use different classroom
  computer configurations
• each instructor needs to model at least one
  (effective) use of technology in each course
• we need partner schools

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Student Voices

• a fun way to communicate
• no pressure
• teacher facilitates, helps to establish fora,
  participates in discussion
• reflection
• everyone has a voice
• more connected
• gain new ideas
• feedback from others
• importance of play in math