Integrating Technology in Daily Lessons

"The principle goal of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done." ~ Jean Piaget

I would like to convince the older educators to integrate technology in their everyday lessons.  Since I was a school administrator, I tried to convince about 5 older teachers to integrate technology in their daily lessons but had no success.  We even bought them the book, “Who Moved My Cheese”.  But a few still refuse to try because they feel that they might click a wrong button and erase everything.  Therefore, we have to encouraged them to switch from the fixed mindset to the growth mindset setting using different methods such as, group presentations, assigning individual mentors and stressing their classroom evaluations.

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I strongly consider myself primarily on a growth mindset.  Since childhood, I was molded in this mindset for various reasons. This mindset helped me succeed in my various careers.  According to Baumgardner (2015), the growth mindset stems from a belief that you can cultivate your talent and intelligence through hard work, experimentation and growth.  My hard work has paid off with countless educators that I have mentored and supervised throughout my 25 years in education.  For me, it is extremely important that I always praise people for their work.  Collaboration is a big deal for me.

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If I did not achieve this goal at one point, it was mostly because I gave up due to frustration.  I probably reversed to a fixed mindset because I felt sorry for these older educators. But I have constantly told myself, “I think I can, I think I can” when I thought it was easier to stay on the fixed mindset mode.

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If I want to avoid failure, I build up resistance by being persistence.  I build this resistance by working harder and collaborating with others to achieve success.  Sometimes my spirit is willing but my brain gears towards failure due to the lack of self-control.  As De Tracey (2016) states, failure is not a dirty word yet failure is the root of success.  It is important to analyze what one had learned after we accept failure.

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These websites have over 25 activities such as, posters, short movies, strategies, etc. that will assist in developing my skills and other educators to achieve this goal.

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/growth-mindset/

For some unexplainable reason, I like to view videos that can relate to assisting me in succeeding.  As a visual learner, I can obtain a better picture by viewing than reading.  Therefore, here are some:

http://positivechangeguru.com/the-10-best-grmindset-videos/

https://ideas.classdojo.com/

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These are some of the steps that I would take to ensure my growth mindset:

•  I will always tell myself what I would tell my students on a daily basis—to work with ganas      -with a desire and not to easily give up.

•  Challenge the teachers and students to produce critical thinking solutions.

•  Accept criticism, especially when it is negative feedback.  Work on correcting the errors     for stronger skills/strategies for the future.

•  Do not get discourage but instead give 100% and more effort at all tasks.

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For me, the most important question in pursuing life goals is “How?”  The way I plan and perform the tasks will determine if I will succeed.  Organization of my strategies need to be aligned with the goals.  By studying the UDL diagram, we can understand that every learner has different learning networks.  Everyone has different learning styles during the learning process.  Teachers need to determine how each student learns best and modify their personalized learning style.  Some students might need certain tools for reading such as, highlighter, a ruler, a color transparency, etc.  While others might not need any tools to speed read with comprehension.

 

References:

Baumgardner, Astrid.  (2015) The Growth Mindset of Success.  https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2015/04/growth-mindset-success/

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De Tracey, J. (2016).  Increase Your Failure Tolerance [20 Ways]. http://www.liftstrategies.com/increase-failure-tolerance-20-ways/

https://youtu.be/IeBznTEi_2I

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Wittwer, J.  2009.   http://www.ohio.edu/people/jw343905/PersonalWebpage/page04.html