Using web 2.0, I am excited to get out on the Internet, in a learning environment, to find some interesting websites for my classroom and for my kids to use in computer lab.
I began using a blog toward the end of last year in the computer lab at school. I hope to become more familiar with blogging so posting becomes faster, and more brainless for me, it was somewhat of a challenge this past year. Even with my amateur knowledge of "the blog" my kids thought it was the coolest thing ever. I hope to learn how to have students comment on other students' comments.
"Digital Learners" are exactly what I am hoping to create in my classroom. Most of the kiddos in my classroom do not have a computer or Internet access at home so I am hoping to flood them with computer access and the Internet so that they will be aligned with the current trends in technology. Computers are such an important part of society, I want the kids coming from my classrooms to be technologically savvy.
wow! Good for you. It sounds like you are really motivated to improve teaching/learning through technology in your classroom.
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I think taking this class is the first step to improving our knowledge of what we can do with our lesson planning. I think when we start looking towards next school year, we should use the things we are going to learn here to 1) improve instruction and; 2) find ways to make computer lab a valuable part of our lessons.
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