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For Week 4 Contribution on:
 * Online Learning Presentation**.

** Results of My Online Learning Presentation **

According to Preskey, (2005), the future of education is digital, the implication of this statement is that, technology has come to stay and it behoove educators to integrate technology into instructions for students to make meaningful connection with school, and life after school. In this course, I have learned various theories such as behaviourism, cognitivism, constructionism/constructivism, connectivism and all these theories support the integration of technology for instructional purposes. Yet, it is painful to see that many teachers have not bought in many years after, teachers in the words of Dr. Dede, still use technology to do things differently as opposed to using technology to do different things in the 21st..

In response to Nicole and Jacob, they made me to think that, educators including myself prior to my experience at Walden always focused on the negative and improper ways that students use their electronics devices, ignoring the many positive effects of technology on education. I think it is high time that educators took the advantage of technology for instructional purposes. Not availing ourselves of the great benefit of technology in education is like killing the baby just because the midwife is bad! My only concern is the issue of equity in the class and in the school as a whole. Many kids still have an un equal access to these devices due to high cost which some parents cannot afford, and also due to inadequate of exposure to technology tools in schools. We as educators should think about how to help the kids in this category. Yemi Adegbite


 * Results of my Online Learning Presentation**

This past week I had the pleasure of creating a short presentation on Learning Management Systems and online classrooms. While I myself have come to learn the benefits of such technologies, presenting these ideas to others, especially administration can create feelings of uncertainly. Two colleagues and my administrator sat in on my presentation. Before showing, I briefed them a little on Learning Management Systems and described to them that I was taking my Masters course using a LMS. Throughout the presentation, I could tell they were all intrigued by the idea.

Once the presentation was over, I was able to hold a discussion with them all and gain their feedback on the idea of using a LMS in schools. Thankfully, no one completely shot down the idea, however, they all had their concerns. While they saw LMS’s as incredibly beneficial for graduate & masters work, they were hesitant to see how it could be fully implemented on the elementary level. They agreed young children need the guidance of a teacher in those early years and need the social interaction of others face-to-face. Nonetheless, they all left knowing the benefits of technology in general and fully agreed there needs to be more technology implemented into the classrooms on a daily benefit, as there are numerous benefits to children. -Nicole

This weeks assignment was very frustrating and proved to be difficult. Creating the power point was not difficult, and I enjoyed trying to create something for my colleagues. This was different because it required me to get straight to the point, provide examples, and create an understanding of the benefits of online learning communities. The difficulty came into play when my colleagues were completely against the idea of online learning communities. I presented the information with pros and cons to using online learning to help close instructional gaps. I came to my conclusion on language education (vocabulary especially) after observing several classes. This was beneficial because the observations helped me really see where my own personal issues were as well. My colleagues were very offended by the suggestion of an instructional gap. Even though I explained that identification was necessary to help improve all of our issues as a school. They provided feedback for the presentation, but they also let me know that they just did not see the point. I am concerned that they ignored my presentation and did not take me seriously because I am a younger teacher. They even made the comment that experience prevents instructional gaps. However, I have seen so many instructional gaps among the school that it is not just one person. We all have areas we need to focus on much more.
 * Angel Bivins**
 * Results of my Online Learning Presentation**

In response to Nicole and Yemi,

I think it is great that your school is embracing the technology, but it does concern me to think of how much we may have missed with the years that we went without working towards incorporating this different information. I think that it is necessary for everybody (regardless of how long they've been teaching) to really evaluate how LMS can benefit those learners who may work well with technology, have specific learning deficits, or other issues. Personally, I can see where there can be resistance to the idea of distance learning, or online courses for middle and high school.