Medica Ecology, Technology Planning, And Technology Integration

Yesterday in my media, technology and education class we discussed chapters 4&5 in the book Rethinking Thinking Technology in Schools. In these chapters it discusses media ecology, technology planning, and technology integration, which I found to be very interesting. I think it is very important to understand the impact technology has on families, government and education.  Technology is never used without it having some kind of negative or positive impact on people.  As a teacher you need to be aware that of all the consequences of using technology in the classroom and parents also need to be aware of the consequences technology can have on your children. Media ecology looks into the matter of how media of communication affect human opinions, understandings, feelings, and values. Technology planning is crucial because this process will help minimize technology-related problems, and by planning you avoid wasting time in the classroom on figuring out how to use the technology and what to do with it. The last topic I am going to discuss in this blog is integrating technology into the classroom. This means to use technology successfully and efficiently in the classroom.  As a teacher you need to educate your students on the proper ways to use computers in the classroom and ways to use it to it benefits them.  As well, when teaching a lesson you need to use PowerPoint or smart boards in a way that is useful for the class to learn. When your integrating technology you need to make sure it is being used in the best way possible and that the lesson runs smoothly.