1.

What are the new technological skills you learned this semester and how will you use
them in your future classroom?

Throughout this class we have seen multiple different programs, that have to do with a
multitude of different uses. These programs include Audacity, Canva, and Weebly. Most of
this programs that I have mentioned are linked to editing audio, or creating videos, or
pictures. I’ve decided to mention these programs, due to them being the programs I would
most likely use in the future as a teacher. As a physical educator, media will be difficult to
integrate in the classroom settings, but these programs can be used in interesting ways to
become useful. Audacity can be used to record audio, this can be used to create a voiceover
to put over a video, of students doing actions to help them improve on their skills. Canva is a
tool that can be used to create backgrounds, infographics, and posters. This could be used in
a classroom, to easily and creatively, create posters or infographics, that could be used to
convey information to students. Weebly is a program used to create free to use websites.
With this program, teachers could create easy to use spaces that their students could scroll
through to get assignments, information, or fun activities that they can use outside of class.

2.What could be the possible challenges you may face in terms of integrating these learned
tools in your future classroom?

Although all these programs are useful for classrooms, teachers will still face some
challenges integrating these technologies into their everyday classes. One issue teacher
could face is getting the students to stay focused while using technology in the classroom.
This issue can be seen whenever students have access to technology, they will often try to
find a way to use the technology to waste time or goof off. I say this from first hand
experience, because when I was younger that’s what me and my friends would do whenever
we were given access to different technologies. An issue that is seem is also time, teachers
don’t have a lot of time with their classroom. This issue is where, when, and for how long
show teachers use these different technologies in the classroom. An issue is also money,
since school already have budget issues, balancing all classes needs, and extra curricular
activities. To properly integrate technology schools, have to invest a lot of money, in getting
the technology, in training their staff on how to use it, and to maintaining the technology.
Lastly, another issue is how to properly integrate technology in multiple before classroom
settings. Looking at all the different classes students take in schools, integration can be
much easier in some classroom, compared to others. The question becomes should some
classes be priorities in terms of getting the technological improvements, or should all the
classes be improved at the same time?

3.How does Neil Selwyn’s video relate to your learning experiences of EDEC 262?

This video relates to my class experience, due to it talking about all the issues teachers
can face integrating technology, and how teachers don’t currently have more pressing issues
than technology in their classrooms. As stated before, teachers have to balance a lot of
different aspect like money, time allowed to activities, and student participation. As this
class presented many tools that could be integrated into the curriculum, the issues that Neil
Selwyn’s presents, bring a realist look on the issue. Meaning that as much as teachers can
try new things in their classrooms, those new projects still most be accepted by the school
board, payed for, and time needs to be given to the teachers and students to try the new
projects.