I really enjoyed this class and learned so much! I cannot even believe how much knowledge I have gained over this summer!
I feel it is important to be aware of the different teaching strategies when using technology. I also believe technology should be used in an authentic way for real learning to take place. Whatever the students are doing with the technology it has to be made using simple steps and be very clear for them. It also needs to engage them.
The technologies we have used in this class have been wonderful for me! I never thought I would have my own Blog...and here I am. I really want my children to be able to use Blogs this year with some of their writing and commenting to others. My plan is to start them off doing book reviews on their Blog. Then students can comment on them, too. I think this will be a very exciting way for them to do book reviews. The WebQuest and STAIR projects are my favorite. I will be making more of these for my class to use. I'll also be checking other WebQuests to see what I might be able to use that is already out there. This has just opened a whole new resource for me!! I also learned more about using Wiki and am thinking this might be good for homework. I have to play around with it some more.
I have not only met my own personal goals, but exceeded them! I do know there is even more out there and I have much more to learn. I am excited about this! My goals now are to keep learning more and to keep up with what I have learned already. My immediate goal is to go back and bookmark any sites and WebQuests I think I can use, and download any STAIRS I might be able to use. I haven't had a chance to look at all the STAIRS yet. My goal for now is to use what I have made with my class, make more, use resources I have found, use Wiki with my students, and have them Blog as well. My classroom will be a different place this year! Luckily for me, I am going to have 8 or 9 computers in my room...it will be a mini-lab. I am so excited!!
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Suzy,
I am so glad you learned so much during this class! It is amazing how much knowledge was taught and how much we can pick up in such a short time. I think it's a great idea to go back and bookmark the sites your think you might use. Have you heard of del.i.cious? I think that's how it goes, but you can look it up. It's an online site where you can put bookmarks. Then you can access them anywhere you have internet instead of just on your own personal computer.
Good luck with implementing the ideas and technologies you learned in this class! It was great working with you :)
-Meredith
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