Terry+O'Malley

How can technology be used most effectively to support and assess student learning?

Hmmmmmm........As someone whose introduction to technology was a manual typewriter, I consider myself a student at the often hauty hand of modern technology. And I can tell you this - it blows my mind and often humbles me into the lowly Tim Timbow position.

To have information at the touch of a keystroke introduces students to new, innovative ideas and concepts that may not be otherwise available to us. Seeing and listening to a famous poet such as Maya Angelou exhalt "Still I Rise" or an iconic wordsmith such as Harry Chapin croon "Cats in a Cradle" brings literary genres to life. Or as one of my students questioned while viewing Chapin, "You mean that's all you had to do to be famous back then?"

Yes, technology opens our minds; however, it does not replace the smel and feell of a new book or the experience of literally turning a page to find out if .......

IMHO :)

Terry O'Malley