I came into this class with a beginner's knowledge of instructional technology. I have been a Mac user for four years and feel comfortable with programs like garageband, iMovie, Microsoft Office, and photoshop but did not really know how to incorporate these programs into the classroom environment. I am therefore pleased to say that I feel that I have learned a tremendous amount about instructional technology and feel confident to use it as a teacher. From novice to expert, I feel that I can use technology and the Internet as a trust-worthy resource for lesson-plans and to make learning more fun for students.
I am proud of the projects I completed this semester. The wiki I created, classpaint, is appropriate for me to use when I student teach this fall, as it directly correlates to a class my cooperating teacher leads called LINK (a career skills class). That being said, I will constantly revise it to make it look more appealing, as well as synchronize with the class better. After spending many hours on the movie I also feel as though I did the best work I could. Furthermore, it was beneficial to learn the ins and outs of SmartBoard tools since this is a program many teachers make use of in the contemporary classroom.
I will now move on from here with a sound grasp of instructional technology and the confidence to use technology abundantly. Blogs, especially, were something I was originally unfamiliar with and now I can use this practice in the classroom. After all, the world is constantly working to enhance technology and now I have several experiences (with work to prove it!) that will only strengthen my technological capabilities.
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