It is very hard for me to focus on certian goals, as far as for using technology in my area of teaching because i am not sure what subject area i will be teaching. I am thinking about doing algerbra in the high school level, or social studies in the high school or middle school level. I would really like to use different kinds of technology in my classes though because i believe that students have many different learning styles: if you can give them a varieties of ways to learn, than you will successfully reach the students that don’t learn well from just listening to a teacher ramble on about the subject matter. I found a wonderful site that will keep me informed and even help me out with ways to teach my students using technology: this link is titled “Online Education, Journals, Magazines, Organizations” in the alloted links section on my site. I also have one more site that gives me a vast amount of organizations that i could join to keep me up on the technology, this is titled, “Educational Technology Organizations.” My last tool comes from the district that i hope to teach in. The Kent ISD has a EDUCATERS tab that you can click on and it brings you to a list of tools and information that will help you with teaching in that district. I have provided you this link titled, “Kent ISD.”

Well i am going to be clear and to the point. Construcivism should not be used in my classroom. Why? I teach American History… yes, there many other classes out there that constructivism fits very well with; like religion… the teacher could be very successful in providing students with important questions and having them figure out what is important to them and how they can relate the learning to their own life, but with American History, there is no way to use this type of teaching. History is based on factual learning. The only link that i have provided on my blog will take you to a site that supports my veiws on this topic. I will quote a small portion so that you can find it easily in the second paragraph. “American history when taught with constructivist strategies could lead students to “wrong” conclusions about the United States and its role in the world. If allowed to question historical decisions and analyze the actions of historical figures students might not come away from their studies with the proper patriotic understandings of our past.” This issue is almost non contriversial because it is very clear that when a student must learn facts about something that actually occurred, he/she can not tell a true story of something if they do not know the actual facts of who was there, when, and why it took place. Constructivism and technology are also very closely related…. a student can make sence out of something and it will be considered true, no matter what the response and on the internet there are so many people that have posted sites based on lies or just unfactual events, but are considered true to many. If i were teaching any other subject, i might consider this approach because i do believe that kids have to think on their own, but with history, it is impossible for them to make their own facts or reason when it is already provided to them.