Interview with ELA teacher

Interview with ELA Teacher

I found my interview with the language arts teacher to be very interesting. Although she was very familiar with the new literacies, she  stated that she was not able to incorporate it into her classroom the way she wished. This was due to lack of accessible technology. She understood the new literacies and how important it was to be able to incorporate it into the curriculum, however. Her room was only equipped with a laptop (which was extremely slow and was not effective to use appropriately), an old smartboard (which did not work properly so it was used as a projector screen instead), and an ELMO. However, I give this teacher a lot of credit for trying to implement the new literacies as best as should could, dealing with what she was given. On days that it is possible, she will take the class to the computer lab, allowing them to use the interactive technologies they are not able to do in the classroom. The students seem to really enjoy computer lab days. She finds the new literacies to not only be effective but also motivating for the students to learn more. In the future she hopes to have the technology in her classroom that will allow her to effectively incorporate new literacies in her curriculum on a daily basis.