Sunday, December 4, 2011

Blog Post 14

kids at a smartboard.

Jose Picardo's blog was fun to explore through. I liked how he organized everything and had a list of resources for the alphabet. The "Top Ten Tips for Using Technology in the Classroom" was also interesting to view. I liked the ideas of using videos and music more in the classroom. I listen to music all the time, including while I study and I most younger kids do also so why not use that to help them learn.
Using video and music are great but there are many more ways to incorporate technology in the classroom like Skype which I really like using. I had fun doing our Skype video and I believe other kids would also. Elementary kids would be so amazed if they could talk to someone they know are famous like an author or someone that may have been in a war. It would make learning a lot more interesting. I can't wait to start doing these things with technology in my future class!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Project 16 Progress Report

Final PLN Report

I am happy with my PLN for now. I have items on there that are helping me now and I believe will continue to help me while I am a teacher. At first I thought this was a useless assignment and really did not get how we were supposed to do it but after a while I got interested in it. I did not know there was anything like that on the web where you can combine a lot of useful resources into one place. I think this is a great assignment for students, even if they don't like it at first. I have put a lot of items on symbaloo but I don't believe I will ever be through adding resources for me to use now and in the future.