Technology+Reflections+Page

This page is dedicated to my technology reflections. During this course I have learned about a lot of different technologies, and especially those used for teaching. I am going to share my thoughts on them here.



Smartboard:

I love the smartboard. I wish I were fortunate enough to have one in the classrooms I was taught in. I think the smartboard would be something I will use a lot of when I am a teacher just because you can do so much with it. Because I want to teach young kids I really liked the attendance ideas we did on the smartboard and then getting to work with the program to create my own lessons was a great experience. I'm glad I got to learn about it now so it doesn't seem so intimidating when I am a first year teacher.

Document Camera:

I like the document camera. I think it was interesting how Jen said as the librarian she reads stories to children and shows the book in the document camera. I think that this is a great idea and just shows how much you can use it for!

Wiki Spaces:

Wiki Spaces is a great tool to use for classroom management. I am glad I have learned to use it very easily now. I definitely think it is something that I will use in the future, especially for parents to get information about the class. It is pretty easy to use and navigate which I am happy about.

iMovie:

I do not have a mac so I am used to using windows movie make. I enjoyed using imovie and it was very easy! I liked our short video we made in a short amount of time. I would definitely want my students to learn how to use it to make a video for themselves. At the level I want to teach though I think it would be a fun idea to make a video for the entire class becuase it will be hard for the students to all learn how to use it.

Podcasts/Audacity:

Audacity is not my favorite program. However, during the making of the podcast I did learn how to use it better. I get frustrated because it is hard to see the entire recording while you are trying to line it up. Once I learned how to "move track up" it became a lot easier and our podcast turned out great.

Kidspiration/Inspiration:

With the grade I want to teach I will mostly be using Kidspiration. I wish I got to use this program when I was a kids becasue it is great to organize your thoughts! I also love how thre are activities for every subject and not just creations. I hope that this program is something that the school district I wnd up working in will promote.