Tech+Integration

Edward Nance  EDT 3010  Dr. Hsin-Te Yeh  Video Response  The video, which caught my interest, is entitled “Technology Provides Parents a Link from Home to School”. This video caught my interest because as a future educator I believe that parents should be active in their child’s education. This brief video highlights how parents will have an opportunity to be more involved with their education through technology. Parents these days are using the program blackboard in order to monitor their kid’s grades, assignments, as well as how they are acting in class. This simple program gives parents access in which they did not have when I was attending school. This access could have led to higher grade point averages among students because parents were more involved in their education. The video also highlighted technology used in the classroom, with the purpose of students being more hands on with their education. Being more hands on provides students the opportunity to be entertained in the classroom as well as being educated. This provides the opportunity to be engaged with the teacher in classroom, which is key in order to have a proper education.  This short video truly highlights how technology can enhance education in the home and in the classroom. As said before, giving parents the opportunity to be engaged in their child’s education can ultimately lead to higher grades. From personal experience, I know my own parents felt they were not given the opportunity to monitor my education as closely as they would have liked. Ultimately, a few years ago parents would have to go to extreme lengths in order to gain the info they wanted from the school about their child. In addition, technology used in the classroom provides entertainment while the child learns. Having a student engaged in the classroom by being hands on will not only provide the student with the opportunity to live what they are learning, but could also engage the student more with their teacher. Obviously, technology in the classroom is giving educators the opportunity to teach, as they have never been able to before. I hope that this trend continues because students, teachers, and parents would all benefit from technology in the classroom.

