Classroom+Design



On a separate page in your wiki respond to the following: What external factors do you think most influence your development and teaching a technology-integrated classroom, “the Wicked Problem”? What internal and external factors do you believe will be most important to you?

The one positive external factor that I think most influences the development and teaching of my technology-integrated classroom are the students. Students alone are the reason that I am a teacher. I love the connections/relationships that I build with students. And they LOVE technology, so this external factor motivates me to motivate them. From this one external factor (ie students) many more positive factors arise like: student motivation, student connections, student excitement, and student ingenuity.

Other positive external factors that influence my classroom are:
 * knowledge gained, I love learning and technology. So this factor is a win win for me!
 * Acknowledgement- I must admit that as a teacher I don't get a lot of ackowledgement for a job well done. Many times, however, when implementing technology the students constantly say how awesome my class is or how much fun their having. This acknowlegement is nice to hear, especially on down days.
 * Language Art's content-finding the right fit. Now that I know that the "T" comes last, it really helps me when planning.

Several negative external factors that influence my classroom are:
 * Content, for the aforementioned reasons.
 * limited resources
 * time contraints
 * logistics-wireless down, unable to access the website, slow, keys missing, log in issues, etc

I think the one internal factor that really influences my development of a technology-integrated classroom is frustration! Plain and simple, I don't handle the "woes" of technilogical problems well. I get frustrated really easy and just want to quit the entire process. From here I become short with the students and this goes against my teaching principles! Although I am aware, it is still an area of growth for me.