- What are your favorite tools you now have in your personal technology toolbox? Briefly describe a particular activity that you will plan for your students using at least one of these new tools.
Google Documents will be very useful to my students this school year throughout all of my different classes. Whether we are working in group in World Geography or sharing ideas in Humanities, students need a secure place to save their ideas and share them as well. Google Documents will allow students to access information on any computer. This will help students organize their online world; from all of eight of their classrooms to their home computer they can find their work easily.
- How have you transfomed your thinking about the learning that will take place in your classroom?
I don't think my thinking about learning has been transformed but I do feel less hesitant about using technology and excited to receive the new netbooks in my classroom. In the past the computers available to us were slow and not reliable. I think the new technology will be up to date and allow students to delve into new areas of online learning.
- Were there any unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you?
I really enjoyed the blogging experience! I read blogs in the past but had not created my own. Every time I tried to create something I didn't like the way it looked or couldn't access a certain feature of the blog; I would get frustrated and quit. With this project I had to see it through. Just like anything one spends time on it became easier with each tool. Blogger is easy to navigate and I am considering using a blog in my classroom this coming school year.
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