Blog Prompt for Week 4: Technology

If you are blogging this week, your entry should be posted by 12 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15. If you are commenting, your comments should be posted by 12 p.m. on Thursday, September 16.

Directions for bloggers:

In a 400-500 word entry, please respond to the following questions:

• Lang discusses both positive and negative aspects of using technology in the college classroom. Based on what you read, and your own experiences, what are the best arguments in favor of using technology? What is the best argument against it? What should you keep in mind when using technology in your teaching?

• Based on how technology is used in your discipline, what did you find to be the most useful tips offered by Davis? Why?

• After completing this week's reading, what questions did you have about the use of technology in the classroom?

Commenters:

Feel free to use the questions above as a guide in your comments (you could, for example, contrast how technology is used in your discipline, or answer the questions posed by the blogger).