Thursday, October 3 2019

It was a pleasure to have Sally Song, a Grade 7 teacher from the lower mainland video call into our class. It was nice to hear from her perspective because I am from the lower mainland and hope to teach there in the future. She shared her experience with technology. Sally mentioned that in her first few years of teaching she kept her social media and blogs up to date but eventually it got very overwhelming keeping up with everything. I do like the idea of using social media and blogging to track our learning journey but I do not think I would keep up with it because it is a lot of pressure. And for someone like me, if I can’t put my all into it, I would rather not do it. Also, as teachers we already have a lot on our plate and blogging would be the least of my worries. We can’t do everything as Sally mentioned, we need to pick and choose what works for us and what works for our students. I think it is more beneficial to use technology as a tool not just because it is accessible as there are other methods and skills that students should learn. However, I do like the idea of using online resources to share ideas or to get inspiration.