In light of the way technology plays a role in the classroom, it garners questions about whether it is actually useful or something that can be used as a resource.
Part of this, also, comes from how teachers can take the initiative to create their own guidelines covering the use of technology. The plan I have in my classroom is to have a short blurb in a syllabus backed up with a prop that has not been made yet. The blurb will read something like "Use technology (phones, tablets, laptops, iPods) within reason for the class or the "ban-hammer" will be used". Those of us that are already up to our eyes in digital communities will likely know about this mythical tool used among moderators and admins of chats, forums, and websites. For those that don't know, a ban-hammer is the tool that moderators and admins use to bring down judgement for the misuse or misconduct on their site. My plan to mitigate the improper use of technology in classrooms is to create a prop that I will call a ban-hammer that I can use to tap a student's device to let them know they are off task. This will go up to three taps before they are no longer allowed to use it, if it is interfering with their classwork. Should it be during free time, after a project, then they will likely have the option of doing other classwork or a silent activity of their choosing. For future thoughts on what I could ask during interviews for a teaching job, I would probably ask about the policies they have been working with in terms of personal devices and their usage in classrooms.
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Joel SchreinerBorn on December 17th, 1996, Joel Schreiner entered the Electronic Art program at CSU right out of High School. From there he decided to set his eyes on becoming an educator alongside an illustrator and concept artist. Archives
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