New Technologies
I am currently in various trainings to implement CANVAS
Instructure, a new learning management system, with my fourth graders. I am the ONLY teacher in the school of 28
homerooms that will attempt to do so. My
district is really excited about this implementation and it has been really
easy for middle and high school teachers to transition. However, they are trying to select a few
elementary teachers to pilot the LMS in order to help with apprehension. I commend the system for doing that, because
OMG, if they brought this to the elementary school and had a whole group
meeting saying this is where WE ARE going…there would be some angry,
disgruntled teachers!!
Back to my training, they captured my attention (A) by
showing me how much of a 21st century approach this would be for our
students. They showed me how relevant
(R) this would be for my teaching, their learning, and parents
involvement. I am currently stuck on the
confidence (C) portion of Keller’s ARCS model (Driscoll, 2005). I have not seen enough training to understand
exactly how to get started so therefore I am already overwhelmed. In this fast pace world of teaching, we have
no time to learn something new. It has
to be quick, painless, and seamless in order for teachers to be able to make a
successful go of anything new. I believe
now the district should offer me a day of training to get started and build my
confidence up. Then, by troubleshooting
through beginning efforts they would be able to generate satisfaction (S) from
me. ;)
I am excited about this for my classroom and I am committed
to make it successful, I am just nervous at this stage in the game.
Driscoll, M. P. (2005). Psychology of learning for
instruction (3rd ed.).Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
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