Taking Technology to the Classroom

This article was written by David P. Diaz who is a professional in training faculty in technology. Mr. Diaz tried in this article to address the issue of using and implementing technology in the classroom. Mr. Diaz said some of his students told him that what faculty need from any technology training is hands-on training. After Mr. Diaz offered to them several hands-on workshops they said to him “We didn't realize it was going to be so hard. Although we are interested in using technology in the classroom, we aren't skilled enough to put together a quality educational product." (Diaz, 2001, University of North Carolina) After that Mr. Diaz main concern was how to offer effective or efficient technology training. Mr. Diaz in order to meet these challenges puts four principles of technology training "pedagogy-based” " (Diaz, 2001, University of North Carolina). These four principles are ‘First: Emphasize good teaching, not good technology, Second: Focus training on application not construction, Third: Make product development a team effort, fourth: Bring more training to the teacher, not the teacher to the training”." (Diaz, 2001, University of North Carolina ). I think Mr. Diaz technology training principles are very powerful and I agree with him in his concerns and his approach to tackle these challenges. At DLI many trainers focus in technology rather than how to use technology to get better teaching and learning qualities. Also we do need to bring training and trainers to the classroom instate of taking teachers to the training centers. However DLI technology training is hand-on training. It is focusing on application. It is also a team effort product.
Diaz, David ( 2001). Taking Technology to the Classroom. University of North Carolina , Retrieved 04/11/09, from http://technologysource.org/article/taking_technology_to_the_classroom/