When I began this course, I thought I was up to date on the technology. I quickly learned I was wrong and that I had a lot to learn just to keep up with my students. This course has introduced me to so many new tools available online. I am not proficient in any of these tools but over time this will change. Eventually this information will help me be a better teacher to my students, as I will be able to allow them to create assignments with different online tools and be able to effectively assess them.
The two projects that I found most beneficial and something I can use immediately are the spreadsheet and the webquest. The spreadsheet is not only useful for tracking grades but also as a tool to help student learn about graphing data. I really enjoyed creating the webquest, once I was free to utilize any web 2.0 technology, and I probably will use this in my classroom especially as a substitute lesson plan. How often is the substitute lesson plan is just busy work for the student and a lost day of effective instruction? A webquest has the ability to offers effective instruction with little to no instruction from the substitute.
Looking forward to improving not only my skill but also knowledge of web tools.
No comments:
Post a Comment