Questions and Answers

Debra Gelzer; a 4th grade teacher at Edison Elementary.


(1) What tools are their favorite tech and web tools to use in the classroom?
(2) What are their biggest frustrations with technology in the classroom?
(3) What is the biggest misconception about using technology in the classroom?
(4) What are the biggest hurdles that you face as an educator using technology in the classroom?
(5) What has been your biggest success with technology integration in the classroom?
(6) Who/What has been your biggest inspiration in helping you to use technology in the classroom?
(7) Where do you see technology integration heading in the future?
ANSWERS
1) She is a very old school teacher, she uses mainly paper and pencils to do grading and what not. Debra does blog about what her class has done on certain dates and what will happen in the future classes.
2) She said she rarely uses technology in the classroom besides the computers in the library and for her personal use.
3) The biggest misconception in the classroom probably be that technology is important and can be used as a great teacher for students these days.
4) Like she said before she really doesn't use technology very much in the classroom.
5)Her biggest success with technology in the classroom has been the usage kids can get out of computers. For example like having a project that requires her students to use the computers to research for their projects.
6)She said that the kids really enjoy working with technology and that has been a huge inspiration for her. Seeing that she really doesn't use technology much in her classroom.
7)Debra said that she see's technology being very crucial in the classroom in the future. And that as kids become more technology savvy that the teachers will need to keep up with them and the only way that would be possible is to learn themselves.