Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Technology Notebook Project

This project was good because it allowed me and the other students to research read articles on new technology advances being made to enhance student learning. These advances help student to brainstorm and create inventions through hands on activities. Also the student use creative thinking skill to evaluate and analyze things. Some of the new tools have only been tested and not applied nationwide. Thus, in this classroom I have learned new tools which I can use to teach my students. I learned how to use a whiteboard, how to present a interactive PowerPoint presentation
and so on. I believe that it will be beneficial to me as a teacher because a lot of teacher do not use technology at all. I would like to expand on the knowledge that I have and to upgrade the computer system that I have to do more things.

Electronic Portfolio

This project is a good project because it allowed me to use various forms of media formats to show people what I have done in the classroom as well as on the different jobs that I had. I believe it is very beneficial to anyone because it is easy to maintain when a person is accustom to the webpage. It also allows a person to showcase the skills they learned.

This also would be good to use for keeping student records because it is convenient as far as storage and it will accumulate throughout the years. The students parents and administration could view it to see the student's growth and that the students are meeting the standards. Also, when the student graduate and go to college they could forward them easily to colleges.

This class has been very educational for me, I learned how to blog, make links and create a video on youtube. If I was not in this class I probably would not have had the opportunity to do some of those things; that is unless I had to learn it on the job. I believe that it will benefit me in the long run and I think that all teacher should learn technology. The technology skills that I do have I learned on the job. Once a person learns the skills it is easy to do. The more they practice the better they will get.

I also, think that schools should require teachers to learn technology and purchase technology tools through grants for students to use because it would help them to be more creative.

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