This technology course has been very beneficial. It has provided me with many resources and tools that I likely never would have encountered otherwise. These programs, tools, and resources will be a great help to me as I start my internship and begin to teach in elementary school.
When I look back to the beginning of the semester when I was extremely excited that I could successfully set up a blog, I can see just how far I've come. And although, I am far from an expert, my comfort level with technology has definitely increased.
At the beginning of the course, I wrote in my very first blog post that I had three expectations for the course. 1. To be able to use what I learn in the course in my future classrooms; 2. To use technology to communicate with my students' parents; and 3. To have a better understanding of the technological resources available to me. I believe that all three of these expectations have been met through this course.
Every single project or assignment we completed in this course is applicable to an elementary school classroom. From wikis to WebQuests to flip charts to digital diagrams, every single project can be used either by students to actively participate in learning or by myself to create better opportunities for learning.
Two programs or tools that we worked with in this course are especially beneficial in communicating with students' parents. These two are Blogger and Google Sites. These can be used to create classroom blogs and classroom websites to provide constant access to important classroom information.
And lastly, I am most definitely walking away from this course with better knowledge of the technological resources and tool available to me. Working with such a wide variety of tools and programs and compiling them all on the classroom website will ensure that I have access to these tools and resources and examples of each of them.
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