Reflection: Last Week!

What?

I have learned so much from taking this class. I will definitely use the following in my classroom: google classroom site, digital story, knowledge of UEN,vidcasts, podcasts and webquests.

So What?

I am going to be so up to date with technology in my classroom. A lot of teachers that I observed were not up to date at all. Alot of them had never even heard of the technology which is just crazy to me. This class is going to make me such a better teacher because I will have a variety of things that I will be able to use to benefit the different learners in my classroom. I am just so excited to show the many things I can do to my sudents.

I know that i wll be showing a lot of teachers how to do these things in their classroom as well. My sister who is a teacher right now is helping all the older teachers with the technology to help them get up to date. This also makes me more eligible as a teacher to principals. Having someone who can help add technology to their school is going to be a very beneficial. I can't wait to be that teacher where everyone is wondering where I learned all of this, and I will say "DOC WATERS AT UVU!"

Now What?

My students are going to be able to relate a lot better with this material because they are all about technology. They have cell phones, ipods, and many more things every second of their day. Why not use technolgy to interest them (since they use it all the time)? They will be able to relate better to me if I am up to date. This will definitely help me in my life right now because during the summer I can make more webquests,vidcasts, podcasts, and digital stories. This will be great for my studentm teaching.

I will also be able to use this in my personal life. How awesome would it be to make a digital story of my grandmas life and give it to her for her birthday. She would love that! I know how to make vidcasts now, which would be so fun to teach my students how to do it and make a video themselves on a certain topic. That literally would be awesome to do! I can't wait to use all that I learned in my future classroom and life. It has been one of my favorite classes because I know that I will truly use it all the time!

Thanks so much Doc Waters! You have been so awesome!