Blog #15

Education 422 has been a very valuable class for me. When I first walked into this classroom, I could hardly do anything using technology. I have learned a tremendous amount of things I never knew before. I first would like to say that the video project has been the most fun to do! There are so many things that we learned that I will look forward to using in my classroom. I think the filamentality project would be a lot of fun for the students to do. As a teacher, it is so important to make things fun for the students. Inspiration was really challenging, but I think it is a great way for students to organize their thoughts before beginning a big project. I can definitely see grades fourth on up using this program. I had never worked with excel or databases before, however, I am the type of person who likes to keep things organized, so, I can see myself using these programs to keep data for my students. Powerpoint and rubrics (Need I say more….). Both of these things are very valuable tools for teachers. Powerpoint is a great way to add a visual perspective to any lesson plan. Rubrics are necessary for grading purposes. Okay…Blogs. I’m not making a promise, but, I will probably not be using Blogs in my classroom. For one thing, they are very time consuming, and not everybody has a computer at home! That’s enough about that. I can’t think of anything about this class that needs improvement. I learned so much and I have Erika to thank for that. Erika was a great professor. I liked the way she explained everything in class before we actually had to do it. Anyway, I wish all of you the best of luck in your teaching careers. I’m sure all of you will be wonderful teachers! Yes—No More Blogs!!!