All About Me

Greetings everyone! Adriana here! For those who do not know me my formal name is Miss. Lagrotteria, a long perhaps difficult name to pronounce with all its rolling constants. My Grade 1 students in my first practicum often called me Miss. L and so Miss. L it is! I am in my fifth year of the Concurrent Education/Child and Youth Studies in the Primary/Junior division. I was formally introduced to the study of technology in the classroom through two undergraduate courses that I took in third and fourth year, CHYS 3P74 Digital Technology in the Classroom and EDUC 3P62 Videogames in the Classroom. These courses allowed me to recognize the importance technology and technological resources for teacher in the 21st century. The main questions we often ask is, "Is

there an app for that"? Technological resources used in the classroom provide innovative captivating, shareable ways to learn and reinforce important concepts. There are vast difference in the sea of learning. Technology helps the teacher to reach out to all these learners. Students are now driving the learning and talking it deeper, asking questions, finding answers, thinking critically and being creative. Technology allow them to do this. Furthermore, using technology is essential to provide voice to students with special education needs - technology allows ease to differentiated instruction. My interest has been sparked to learn more about technological literacy in education and I am looking forward to this course to learn more of how I can effectively use it in my future classroom. Furthermore, I look forward to sharing ideas and discussing technology and enhanced activities with my colleagues. After all engagement is the key to learning!

 Let's tech away!