This class has exposed me to many different instructional technologies. That is the area where I have had to most amount of growth as a result of participating in this class. I did not realize how much free technology and online programs there are available for teachers to use in classrooms. For example, I thought I would have to pay to have my own class website. However, Wikispaces is free and students can edit it and work on projects together inside and outside of class. I also have much better understanding of how to use a SmartBoard. Before taking this class, the only think I knew about it was that you can write on it with the colored pens. Now I know how to develop lessons that incorporate the SmartBoard that will engage students.
I am interested in learning more about some of the programs we were exposed to in class. We received a 10 minute overview of each technology; however, nothing was really explored in depth. There are some programs I would like to get better with using so I will rely on the handouts from the presentations and looking up youtube videos to learn more about them. We were exposed to so many programs that I cannot remember much about any of them. What I liked most was that there are a lot of free programs out there, we just need to master them before we try to use them in the classroom.
Yeah, the best part was learning about the programs. They're definitely useful and I could see myself using them in my own class. In fact, I've already thought of some ways to use them, let collaborative projects with GoogleDocs and stuff like that. Also, sweet profile pic, nice shades.
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