Hello, all!
Well, in my final post, I would like to share remarks about how being forced into using new Web 2.0 technology has been a positive experience, although I was terrified at first.
Like many teachers, I tend to teach from my comfort zone, which for me would be using my school fusion website blog, making interactive presentations on the Promethean board, and embedding instructional videos in Power Points. I had heard about google docs. and geotagging, and wikis, but I cowered in fear from using them, so I didn't!
This course has elevated my knowledge of what is out there and forced me to acknowledge that I can't keep teaching in my little cave- that the cloud is not going away, and I owe it to myself to get up to date. I think with technology, I've been like my parents, who didn't get a microwave oven until about fifteen years ago.
The experience and fear of trying new things as a student has actually helped me relate better to those of my student's who , like me , suffer from-"I can't !" syndrome. I think I can use examples from my experience as a student in this class.
How was your experience using all these new bells and whistles? Do you think you will actually use a lot of them, or do you do that already?
Kristen, I'm with you. Sounds like we're in the same boat. I'm very nervous about all the new things we've learned and used. I think I will use some of it, but I'm sure I'll forget about the ones I didn't like or I'll forget some of the things we've done, especially here at the end of the school year. Good luck to you!!
ReplyDeleteI like your post about the push of Web 2.0 tools that we had to use in this class. I feel like its going to be easier to use these tools the more that we use them on our own. Its like anything else, the more we practice, the easier it should become. This whole Masters Program is showing us that the new transistion is coming for teachers to change their methods and we have a huge advantage over the old style teachers.
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