To all of my fellow future educators, hang in there we are almost done. I enjoyed having this class with you guys, so bye for now and I will see you all next year. Have a happy Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you Dr. Strange for making me technologically literate.
From Dr Strange's class I have learned a lot. Before coming into this class, I thought I was technologically literate, but now i know that I was not. Now that I have taken this class, I have learned many new and innovative things. The most favorite things that I learned, and would like to take in to the teaching field are the use of blogs and PLN's. When I started my blog, I thought that it would just be for a grade, but I found a part of myself that I never knew existed. I found the technologically literate Margaret. Blogging was a great start for me, and after blogging, I learned how to use skype. Skypeing is totally amazing, I never thought that you could do something like that for free. Now that I know, I will be using it in the future. This class excited me because I wanted to learn more about technology, and in the past I have not had good teachers. One of the most treasured part of the course is when as a class we commented on kids blogs from all across the world. This was very amazing because the kids actually blogged us back. The use of iTunes was also a great experience. You can create pod casts and listen to other pod casts that people made. How AMAZING. The use of google docs is also something that I want to take with me into the teaching field. You can create documents for free, and you can save them to the site. With this use of technology, kids can be free of junk drives and floppy disks, which are a hassle. One of the most creative things i did in this class was use google earth. You can type in any part of the world, and go there right then. I used this with my family to show them how to navigate through it. They loved it and i did too. Personally the only thing that I did not like about this class was the use of foliotek. I believe that foliotek is not worth our hard earned money. Many teachers I know also despise the system, we may never use the portfolio in our professional teaching life. All of the things i used in this class will be helpful to me in the future. Many of them are things I have never heard of and now that I have taken this course I know of. i am thankful for having a technologically literate teacher to show me the way to being technologically literate. I was never bored at any point in this class. Although the work was sort of lenghty, I did it and am proud of myself, because for a long time I wanted to drop the course because of the work load. The only thing about this class I would change is the workload. I believe the workload was unreasonable for college students with many other classes. Nothing about this class challenged me intellectually. Now after taking this class, I consider myself a technologically literate future teacher. I would rate myself as being great. In the future, I will be building up on what I have learned so far in this class, and I will be doing things to show my students how to become technologically literate. I will continue to pursue the many new technologies that will be introduced in the future.
My personal learning network has been acquired through many years of school. My personal Learning network consists of myself, my computer, my cell phone, and mentors. Using my computer, i am able to navigate through countless pages to find the information that I want. I know that computers are an important tool to use when you are a college student. I have to write on average 4 papers a week to atay ahead, and that is one of the reasons that I am thankful for having a computer. In the future, I plan on using computers even more. As time goes by, technology will only get better and better, and i want my students to know that their teacher is tech literate. My mother has been the best advocate for success in my life. She pushes me harder than I push myself. My mother is part of my PLN because she knows things that I do not know. If I need help with anything, my mother will try her best to accomodate me. In the years to come, I will be building up on my PLN to include more people.
Me, Erica, and Stephen did a instructional video. The video was on how to navigate through classroom 2.0. The first thing you have to do is sigh up for the site. Once you have done this, you will receive a email that gives you a link to open. You open the link to verify that you have an accurate e mail address. When a teacher first gets out in to the field of teaching, they should have already been building their PLN. This website classroom 2.0 is a wonderful site for beginning teachers who need a little help. On this site, you can actively participate in discussions with other educators. You can post questions on this site, and the comments start coming in. I believe that all teachers should use this website to gain insightful suggestions from people all across the world. You can chat on this site with other professionals. The site is not hard to navigate, but it is rather easy. At the top of your page, you have a navigation bar, so it will be easy to run through. I believe that when I first start teaching, i will use this website to futher my own learning, because as a teacher, you must keep on learniing new things. Overall, this website would be great for teachers who are tech literate.
I truly believe that as a professional teacher you should always back up data for your classroom. It is a very stupid mistake to nit back it up. You can possibly lose all that you have worked so hard to accomplish. I also agree that teachers should not surf the net while occupying a school building. If a teacher wanted to surf the internet while teaching, then they should bring their own personal laptop. It is not fair for a teacher to surf the net, while students are in attendance; some students may need help.
Of the brilliant things teachers can do with technology, the most important to me would be to empower kids with technology. By doing this, a teacher can set their students up for success. Technology can open many doors for students in the future. As students progress through their school years, the use of technology increases, so this is why it is good to start using technology with kids at a early age. The last brilliant thing a teacher could do is make conferencing real time. Teachers can send emails to parents via online. . Many teachers now a days send a letter home to parents everyday, if things were done online, this will help our planet by cutting back on the use of paper.
Since most things are done online now adays, i would want to sit at home and learn, than driving 20 miles to get to class in early morning traffic. Bringing you required items to class is a must. I must have my cell phone, lap top, and flash drive. I never know what the day brings so I bring all my technology along with me.
I learned that school is becoming a more successful institute for girls rather than boys. This is disturbing to learn, not only because I am a woman, because there was once a time when males were the dominant figures in the classroom. Twitter is a network that I am not quite fond of, But I can see how it helped out the teacher who was sitting in for a sick teacher. All networks have their advantages and all a person has to do is find them. It worked out well for the sit in teacher, she recieved many posts back about what the students should do after their test. As a future teacher, I will continue to learn and be technologically literate. I know that when I complete college, I will continue to focus on technology that will make my classroom run smoother. I believe that the banning of pencils and crayons is a crazy idea. Why exclude these two items that parents are required to purchase at the beginning of school? Students color and write outside of the school, and now they will not be able to be creative during their down time. As a student in Dr. Stranges class I have learned a lot about technology. I believe if I had not taken this course, I would be a technology illiterate teacher.
I think after watching the video it important to use technology in the classroom because by watching students need immediate stimulation. I believe society has come a long way from writing everything down. Technology has become widely used not only in the classroom, but also in other professions. Wesch kept me interested in the speech, with all of the clips and media that he used. I think after watching the video it important to use tech in the classroom because by watching this so many people use and students need immediate stimulation. Lets be honest, no student wants to be bored to death in class. Just as Dr. Wesch said, each generation seems harder and harder to impress.
