The best way to determine what type of technology is used in a school is to content the person who oversees the technology used by the students and faculty. My fellow Northern Illinois University peers and I conducted an interview with the Media Facilitator, Mrs. Holten, at the school we are completing our clinical in on October 7, 2015. The interview was located in Mrs. Holten’s office which is located in the school’s HUB. The interview consisted of asking various technology related questions; learning about the role and importance of a media facilitator, and connecting the interview to our class content. When determining interview questions, it is important to choose main topics that you want to talk about. Then have a casual conversation
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Since Mrs. Holten’s office is located in the HUB or student library, she is in charge of student management in regards to technology in the library. Teachers and staff also seek the help the Mrs. Holten to co-plan lessons, instruction, and curriculum by how to best integrate technology in the most meaningful way. Mrs. Holten is also involved in all technology based …show more content…
This can cause some frustration for teachers because the content does not contain material that should be blocked. In the interview we discussed how websites and content was filtered. Mrs. Holten said that the some computers can be extremely glitchy, and many computers need to be authenticated on a daily basis. The search engines that are always blocked are Yahoo and Bing. To bypass restricted websites, teachers can submit a sender’s ticket to gain access to different blocked websites. This will lift the block on the specific websites so teachers can access it. What we found interest was that any social media websites are not filtered. Mrs. Holten talked about how students need to understand when to stay off their devices and when they can access. Every teacher has their own laptop, and the software that is on every computer is Microsoft and
Since Mrs. Holten’s office is located in the HUB or student library, she is in charge of student management in regards to technology in the library. Teachers and staff also seek the help the Mrs. Holten to co-plan lessons, instruction, and curriculum by how to best integrate technology in the most meaningful way. Mrs. Holten is also involved in all technology based …show more content…
This can cause some frustration for teachers because the content does not contain material that should be blocked. In the interview we discussed how websites and content was filtered. Mrs. Holten said that the some computers can be extremely glitchy, and many computers need to be authenticated on a daily basis. The search engines that are always blocked are Yahoo and Bing. To bypass restricted websites, teachers can submit a sender’s ticket to gain access to different blocked websites. This will lift the block on the specific websites so teachers can access it. What we found interest was that any social media websites are not filtered. Mrs. Holten talked about how students need to understand when to stay off their devices and when they can access. Every teacher has their own laptop, and the software that is on every computer is Microsoft and