Reflection 3

In general, I am going to try to use technology more for sharing student work. Before every unit we do I am thinking about how I can incorporate the use of technology within my lessons or projects. I think that students love to use technology and it gives them a purpose for actually doing a lot of our projects. I feel like I learned a lot from this class. I am now more aware of different ways in which technology can be used in the classroom. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by not knowing what to do, I feel excited. I am much more technology savvy now than I was before.

School 2.0

What strikes me most about this map are all the things that you can do to incorporate technology. All the little comments in the middle of the map are what interest me the most. I love the idea of having ebooks and computer programs to help kids with reading. I think that having students communicate with each other online is a wonderful way to immerse them in technology and education. I think technology can help kids become life-long learners. I would definitely keep the parent involvement piece of this map. I love the idea of having parents be able to be a part of online activities and also having them be able to access their child's grade from home. This would save the district a lot of time and money because they wouldn't have to worry about progress reports and report cards. I guess I wouldn't change anything,. In a perfect world I would wish that we had unlimited funds to do what we needed to do for kids to help them learn better.