Final Thoughts

As this technology course is ending, I think back to when it started and how far I feel I have come in my creativity and ability to conquer challenges with any of the forms of technology we have used. From a more in depth view of Power Point to creating a complete online lesson with a WebQuest, I am proud of the assignments I have completed from taking this course. It is difficult to pinpoint one assignment that I enjoyed the most out of all of them, but I would have to say that creating my WebQuest was my favorite. Not only did it give me a chance to create a lesson, but I was also impressed with my creativity as well as ability to put together a website that could enhance a student's ability to understand a concept that I had taught them. I also enjoyed working with the site provider, weebly.com, which was easy to follow and allowed for me to put together my WebQuest in a very organized manner. I also enjoyed creating a Wki as one my assignments for this course. I enjoyed this because we were able to research other emergent technologies that could be useful for the classroom.

Although it was challenging, I truly enjoyed learning how to use different forms of technology during this past semester. I surprised myself with my abilities in creativity and in figuring out how to use tools. Even something that I have used for years, Microsoft PowerPoint, posed a challenge in different ways for me. I hope that I will be able to successfully implement these various forms of technology within my classroom someday.

Blog Post #3

As the semester has progressed and we have continued to utilize different forms of technology, I have found myself very interested in many of the assignments we have been given. We were given an assignment to go more in depth with the PowerPoint program for Microsoft.Going into this assignment, I really thought that I could have a good handle on creating the project because I have been using PowerPoint since I was in junior high school. However, the assignment entailed more than just the average PowerPoint project being created. I had no idea what non-linear links were in PowerPoint before that assignment. I also learned that you must be careful in using the different mediums on PowerPoint. For some reason, my sound did not work when my project was opened in a newer version of the program. I also had some issues with my linking that I did not realize until after my project was submitted. I think that working with PowerPoint in this new way will really help me to use the program as a resource within my classroom.

Another project that we just recently started was the introduction to the Wiki. We were to create a Wiki about emergent technologies that can use within the classroom. We were then to write reviews on the technology and have our classmates comment on them. I think that the Wiki is a great thing for students to use, but also for teachers to use a way to communicate with parents and with their students. I am actually thinking about using this for a parent communication project for another class. The below link is to my Wiki that I created!
Emergent Technologies Wiki