Restrictions with Technology

Last week, I planned a lesson to teach in my 2nd grade class at Beaumont. I had tons of great ideas to ingrate technology into my lesson. When I got into the classroom and began to teach it, I realized that the school website had Youtube blocked and I was unable to teach a very important aspect of my lesson. These are some of the reasons I feel hesitant with utilizing technology. I ended up having to somewhat improvise and I was disappointed because this was the best part of the lesson. I felt really discouraged and just felt that the lesson did not go very well overall. What I have gained through this experiment is that I need to be sure to check my resources before I teach the lesson rather than banking on them working. I do not want this to shy me away from utilizing the resource of technology, I just want to utilize this experience to give me an awareness of how technology will not always follow through. It was a good experience to have because it pushed my teaching skills to improvise and still teach the children what they needed to learn.