Adapting to technology

My Wiki is really aggravating me today. I seem to get locked out every couple of weeks. No wonder it is so diffiult to incorporate technology into the classroom. I'm doing homework again tonight, just like every night and I find myself wondering, how will I "really" incorporate technology into my teaching style. We read, yet again, about learning centered, knowledge centered, and community centered taching environments. Each one of these approaches has merits and I would like to use all of them. In reality, however, I usually focus on one or the other depending on the type of students I am teaching.

This week I have begun to sink my teeth into my project for IDT 744. My partner and I plan to use a blog space for my CJ 280, Victimology class. I have a difficult enough time trying to get these students to find professional research articles on Ebsco host let alone trying to get them to delve into the strang and mystifying land of technology. They love to text, and some of them like to use apps on their phone but as for blogging, the students I have discussed this with do not blog.

I feel confident that these students have the intelligence to actively participate in this project and I further believe that they will contribute valuable information and learn from the experience. Plus, a little extra credit will serve to increase participation :-)