The final glorious Post! (Post 10)

So it has been a long journey and an even longer semester. I have evolved over this particular course and learned a great deal. I hope that this last blog is enjoyable....mostly lol.

1 paragraph on topics you found most interesting from reviewing your classmates’ blogs.

My classmates have all been very interesting and it amazes me how many different ideas we all have for the same project assignment. We have all done the same assignments, the same lectures, and yet we all have our own spin on those things. I especially enjoy the creativity I see. What is common among all of the blogs is how important we all feel that technology in the classroom is. Students today do NOT learn how we did in school and I only graduated high school in 2005! Technology is such an important factor in today's world and all of my fellow classmates understand this. I do find how people view powerpoint and other presentation software as interesting as well. I personally would not rely on a powerpoint. I may use them but I don't think to have one every day would be effective. My classmates don't necessarily agree. It is neat how we all would use Powerpoint.


1 paragraph on what technology-related skill you would most like to learn next, and why.

A technology skill I would most like to learn is video creation. I recently saw a couple of presentations where students made their own video or montage of video clips. It was awesome! These were so creative and so clever and could be great instructional tools but I have NO clue where to even begin. I think I will ask my brother because he is a beast when it comes to computers and software. Podcasts, music programs, photoshop type things, and this video creation software are all the things I want to learn next!

1 paragraph on ways in which you might achieve your future educational technology-related goals.

Ways that I might personally be able to achieve future educational technology-related goals is to make sure that whatever school I teach at is open to blending technology with content. The more open someone is to using computers and software and other technological devices, the more likely I will actually get to use these things with my students. Winning the lottery (just kidding, but seriously) would also help because schools may not receive enough funding to allow for me to have enough technology in the classroom. Some students (if not a great deal) cannot afford the software and computers and rely on schools to provide them. Finding a way to receive grants or other funding will help me to make sure my students actually get to learn their way around the technological world they live in.

Either way, it is VITAL and ESSENTIAL that technology is worked into the classroom. The world we live in is driven by technology and it is where important careers can be found for these students. BY having technology in the classroom, we as educators can make sure that our students are prepared to run the technical world they were born into.

THE END!