Technology presentation

I did my presentation tonight on blogging. I am happy about the way the presentation went. Blogging is a tremendous tool for communication. Technology can have great influence in the classroom. Blogs can be held for any type of class and is a great way to keep communication going amongst students and teachers. In addition wikis also enhance the learning process by providing a unique forum for the exchange of thoughts and ideas to take place. These are also excellent tools for teachers of any subject to use cross-curricular, to track, monitor, and assess student understanding of teachings. Wikis are great since all students can log on and add information to a wiki. Teachers may use this to post homework assighnments, so all students need to do is log on and and away they go-I have learned a great deal of information that will be useful to me as a teacher. Technology class has provided me with some necessary tools that I will need for the career of teaching. Thank you, I enjoyed the class and the journey-

Awareness on the web

I am glad to have read the importance of professionalism and how much what we post on the web can have impacts on us. I was shocked to find out about how Stacy Snyder was denied a teaching degree on the basis of one foto! I know I will be careful -professional and responsible when posting anything online-

wiki spaces

I am so delighted about all the great new teqniques about using wiki spaces.This will be an excellent tool for me to use since I am an aspiring teacher. This is a great way to keep track of students work as well as assighnments. This is a great advantage for the students of today and educators alike. I think this will be a great way to do a presentation. I will try to use this for my next presentation, since it is much more simple to add videos into presentations as far as imbedding is concerned.

Email

The more I get thinking about it-I am glad about many aspects of having access to certain technology of today. I like having email as we are able to communicate without spending so much on stamps. It is also fast-immediate-if you want someone to get a message right away. So ,I have to admit technology defineately does have its perks although I had trouble admitting it! I also like the idea that we can share our photos with one another- this saves money for sure.

we are all creative

Every single one of is is creative whether it has been acknowledged in us yet or not is another thing altogether. I dont believe that only certain kinds of people can be successful. We can all be successful, this depends on motivation, our environment, and many other factors. I just dont think that Technology need be the determining factor in how successful we are- it may help us just the same as a dictionary may. Maybe my thinking is wierd tonight, but I am just trying to make sense of all this technology stuff. I feel it really is a lot of information all at once.

distance education

I just want to say it is quite a different experience going to school and hearing an instructor on T.V. I much rather be in the same room as the instructor of the course. I feel so disconnected in the learning process. I realize this does provide opportunity for many who otherwise would not be able to access education by moving away. I am just not sure if the quality is the same. Maybe it is change, and any change takes some adjusting time.

Our class presentation

I am happy. I did my first powerpoint presentation. It took me a while to get familiar with the applications on the powerpoint program because there are so many. The only way to get good at it is through good old practice, patience, and much perserverance. I found it difficult to embed a you-tube video into my presentation. My partner Vicky worked very hard at it too. In hindsight I would have liked to have put more of an emphasis on technology in my presentation. On the other hand this is what learning is. It is about doing a project like this and having the ability to reflect back to see how we can improve for future presentations. I am more about progress and not perfection. Learning is not so much about getting good grades as the information and learning I get that can be applied to my life for years to come is worth so much more. I know I am writting in run on sentences-that is why I love free writting-I can write without focusing on grammer and access my thoghts and ideas more freely. This is the great thing about blogging, there really is not a wrong way to do it! I am really enjoying the presentations from my classmates as well-great job! I look forward to Wed. night presentations! P.S. Happy St.Patricks Day to all!

Preparing to make my first powerpoint

I am currently on March break, yet I am nervous at the thought of beginning work to create my very first powerpoint presentation. I hope it turns out ok! Well i am glad I got some information in class on this application so I can use it to spice up presentations. I got to admit presenting had come a long way since the incorporation of powerpoint. makes it a little more fun than the old posterboards.

Technology can be useful, at the same time it waste a lot of my time. Maybe this is just how I feel at the moment-I am sure tomorrow I could say I love it who knows. Right at this moment I just dont see the benefit because I am tired. I like powerpoint presentations because they are very helpful for multiple learning styles- only thing is I sometimes observe people having such difficulty to set the powerpoint up to play correctly- this takes up and waste valuable time that class can be involved in discussion instead. I just have a little advice-for all those planning to do a powerpoint presentation as past of your lesson plan in any class-please prepare a back-up lesson plan in the event that these hold-ups occur. There are a lot of kinks that need to sorted out with all of these technological advances. I do think that there already exists even more advanced systems that are much more user friendly and time efficient. However they cant be released all at once- or maximum money will not be made. We buy all the latest toys and gadgets, just so they can go out just as quick as last years trends in fasion-or any fad of the year. SO, I say save your money- and go on a trip with your family-skip the purchace of an ipod!

I cant wait to use the rule of thirds to take digital pictures! Whooohoooo! This stuff is awesome!

I really look forward to attending this technology class. I am beginning to get the hang of all this neat stuff!

I commented on my own post-so smart!

I wrote a really good blog and accidentally posted it as a comment on my own post-geez-

Thoughts on technology

Technology has made it possible to be a part of learning through video conferencing. This has made it possible for people to get an education without leaving home.I am still in aww about how wireless works!I am glad to have the opportunity to take part in a class on technology.I need all the help I can get when it comes to using computers!

My first technology class

I was very interested to learn some of the history behind the computers we rely on so much today. Just to think that not so many years ago we were not using internet is incredible to me. I cant imagine life without it now.I am addicted. Who out there could imagine not having google at our fingertips.I love technology, however it is important to me to make time for the real living people in my life.I think it is very important to find a balance as to how much time we spend on technology, and to make certain it does not interfere with our compassion for one another.These all can be useful tools.Lets not forget where we came from. Lisa Carroll