Technology in the Classroom

A time were technology helped me learn in the classroom was in my in English 102 class. We had to login on to blackboard to turn in our homework, writing assignments and respond to our classmates writing assignments (received participation points for blogging). This was new to me at the time; never had heard of it before and I thought it was very convenient. The teacher had no excuse for losing your assignment and as a student; you were able to check your grade at anytime, to see your progress in the class. Another thing was that through blackboard we were able to actually do our homework online and just “click submit”. There was a link in the course documents that went to the page where our homework assignments were at. I really like this website (for some reason I can’t think of the name) but it was very helpful to improving your grammar skills. It allowed you to read up on a certain grammar skills and then you did the assignment. After doing that, you received your results and it explained why it was the answer. I just loved it because that’s where I had trouble at. I thought this was a good way to integrate technology to improve learning, because most of the time students are always on the computer and internet. So it made it easier for students to do the work. But at the same time a distraction because you could see yourself bouncing back and forth, between your assignment and some other activity on the internet. Nevertheless, I really thought it was of benefit to all in the class, especially those who struggle with grammar skills, participating in class and turning in assignments.