It is hard to believe how far technology has come within the last 10 years. Not even the last 10 years, but the last 5, 3, and 2 years ago. Technology is always changing and evolving into something better. Since I am an educator I understand the importance of incorporating technology into the classroom. My students are 21st century learners who NEED technology not only to be successful in school, but to be successful in their futures as adults as well. I am part of the technology generation, but there are still technologies out there that I am unaware of how to use, and especially how to incorporate them into a classroom. I believe that using technology in the classroom is not only vital, but it makes learning fun and memorable for students.
I am currently enrolled in a class (EDCI 505) that is all about incorporating technology into the classroom. We have only had 4 weeks of class, but I have already learned an immense amount of information about technology. I have created a Web 2.0 classroom page, as well as my very own interactive poster called a glog. While creating these two pieces, I was extremely frustrated at times, and at other times it all came so easily to me. Either way, I have learned how to do some many different things that make technology useful, fun, and memorable. I will without a doubt use these two strategies in my future classroom. I believe both of these types of technologies offer students a different way to learn. I have posted my finished projects and Facebook for my friends and family to see. I have had many practicing teachers ask me if I could sit down and teach them how to create these types of technologies for their own classrooms. I am so thankful that I have to take a class such as this. Without this class, I would never have the opportunity to explore the options that are out there for teachers to use in the classroom!!
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