What attitudes, skills, and concepts have you gained from
participating in the course so far?
I have really learned a lot from this
course. I think that the interactions
with the flipped classroom, horizon reports, NETS, and the group project were
beneficial in making me realize how important technology integration is for the
future of our students. My attitude about
the use of technology in my classroom has greatly changed. I used technology to promote interest and
motivation and because they need to know how to use it but now I really feel
like I owe it to them to teach them about technology and it is a big responsibility
that we have. I have learned about the
benefits of voicethread, diigo, google reader, and other great technologies
too!
What have you learned in the course that you will not forget
tomorrow?
I have learned that there are so many
resources out there to inform and educate teachers about the great things they
can do with technology in their classrooms.
There are so many blogs about technology with easy, practical ideas that
can be implement right away. The
technology standards are also something that I will not forget to soon, or
ever! They were not really ever
discussed in our school and I barely knew anything about them and had never
even heard of the horizon report as scary as that may be. I will be using all the references from this
class for many years to come not that I feel like I have been properly
informed.
How will you apply what you have learned to your teaching and
future learning?
I have been thinking about how I can
better use my classroom blog to benefit my students and parents. I have also been contemplating creating a
wiki for my students to interact with. I
have so many ideas for this next year that I want to try. Creating glogs is something that I think
would be beneficial for my students as a review for curriculum. I can use the mobile labs and all the students
can do it at once! I also plan on
informing my colleagues about what I have learned. One of my co teachers is really great about
using technology in her classroom. I need
to work more closely with her to learn more and better inform my teaching. Maybe I can inform her too.
Amy,
ReplyDeleteKeep learning about ed tech - you can easily stay current on a couple of categories by using your PLN.
Enjoy!
Dr. T