Teachers are somewhat at a disadvantage when it comes to keeping students attention and keep up with technology that changes in a blink of an eye. Younger and veteran teachers that don’t embrace technology have a harder time keeping students’ attention. There is a hidden secret getting students to focus it is the latest technology. Teachers have to collaborate with each other about the digital tools available for education. With the growth of technology, teachers do have an opportunity to use distracted technical gadgets to their advantage, “we can facilitate academic achievement in new and innovative ways (Teach Thought Staff, 2013).” Teachers also need to stop fighting all of the hand-held devices and encourage students to use them
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Edmodo is a tool that allows students to collaborate with other students in their class and other classes throughout the world. The tool is safe and easy to organize. Students can take the online assessment and automatic grading. Parents can also join the group as see what topics and assignments their child is doing (Borg, O 'Hara, & Hutter, 2008). Google Classroom is also another tool that allows students to collaborate with members of their class. This big difference between Edmodo and Google Classroom is only students in the class the teacher sets up are allow to interact with each other. A major disadvantage of Google Classroom is parents can’t join the class when they have an outside email other than our school system. Basically, only people that have “shelbyed.org” extension are the only ones allowed into the Google Classroom (Google, 2016). Skype allows virtual field trips to happen within the classroom. I used this with a group in Greece. My Analytical Math class was studying how the Greeks shaped our mathematical language. Of course, we couldn’t take a trip to Greece, but we were able to Skype a library in Greece (Knobloch,
Edmodo is a tool that allows students to collaborate with other students in their class and other classes throughout the world. The tool is safe and easy to organize. Students can take the online assessment and automatic grading. Parents can also join the group as see what topics and assignments their child is doing (Borg, O 'Hara, & Hutter, 2008). Google Classroom is also another tool that allows students to collaborate with members of their class. This big difference between Edmodo and Google Classroom is only students in the class the teacher sets up are allow to interact with each other. A major disadvantage of Google Classroom is parents can’t join the class when they have an outside email other than our school system. Basically, only people that have “shelbyed.org” extension are the only ones allowed into the Google Classroom (Google, 2016). Skype allows virtual field trips to happen within the classroom. I used this with a group in Greece. My Analytical Math class was studying how the Greeks shaped our mathematical language. Of course, we couldn’t take a trip to Greece, but we were able to Skype a library in Greece (Knobloch,