EDLD+5364+Week+2,+Assignment+1

=Personal Wiki Update - Week 2=

This week has been very productive and I have thoroughly enjoyed working with my group. We all bring such unique qualities to the group, and this makes for a very dynamic situation. I feel very fortunate to have made friends with these people early on in the program because I couldn't ask for a better group to work with. This week has also been somewhat of a challenge for me because I don't teach. I have been exposed to the day to day activities of teachers from being a substitute, but it takes me a bit longer to grasp things that are second nature to the veteran teachers that are in this program. With that being said, that is why it takes me the entire week to get to the point where I am comfortable with the material.

An issue from the reading that I found interesting was the effects of computers on self-esteem. This is of great interest to me because I feel that self-esteem has so much more to do with learning that any other factor. In the Page (2002) article, he refers to several studies that prove a postive correlation between computers aided instruction and increased self-esteem. Even though it is hard to prove exactly what effects the learning, getting a higher self-esteem level in the process can only be a good thing. I can definitley see how this would benefit the students with the low socioeconomic status and gives me great hope for the future of education.

__Reference(s)__

Page, M. S. (2002). Technology-enriched classrooms: Effects on students of low socioeconomic status. //Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 34//(4), 389–409. Retrieved October 5, 2009 from the International Society of Education at http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Number_4_Summer_20021&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=830