Schools in an Ever-Changing Technological Era
As everyone is aware, the role of schools in the past 6 months has changed drastically. Teaching through technology has now become the focus, forcing teachers to quickly change their teaching practices and develop a comfort with using technology regularly. As a fairly new teacher, prior to this pandemic, I had been trained on how to incorporate effective technological resources in my lessons. However, even for me, I have found my head to be spinning these last few months trying to determine how to make technology at the forefront of my teaching practices. In some instances, technology has become the only way that I can build connections with students, which to me has been the most challenging part. It's easy to use sites like Quizizz or Kahoot to make learning more engaging, but developing relationships is something that I have always felt required in person connections. This past week, in my district, we ...