Thursday, May 21, 2009

520 wk 2

Well summer is coming and I am excited! I always seem happier when the weather gets nice. So far I have enjoyed this class and I have appreciated the assignments. I enjoyed the internet based learning assignment because I found a lot of great articles in support of it. I think that what we are doing in this program is very useful for our profession. I want to be a leader in my school and a good example of a technology literate teacher. These articles would be good ammo for a budget, faculty, or school board meeting in order to support educational technology. I have always been in support of using the internet for teaching and I go as far as using youtube in many of my classes to show videos and google images for pictures. I could not be as effective or interesting without the support of technology. Not to mention all of the good ideas I get from the web. I was not all that suprised to also find articles about people and teachers that do not support educational technology and do not use any either. I hope to change the minds of those people in my school and keep growing in my "techKnowledgeY"

2 comments:

  1. Technology is the driving factor for the changes that are occuring and will continue to occur in the brick and mortar schools. Our district is undergoing a technology wave and I agree with you that this course will provide me with useful knowledge to help the district.

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  2. I almost cannot imagine not using 'techKnowledgeY' (love it!) in my classroom and, although I understand the fear of starting something new in the classroom and risking using valuable instructional time trouble-shooting, I wish people only knew how much more learning that goes on, and how much deeper the students can learn with the appropriate use of technology.
    I agree; these articles are terrific ammo...

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