Understanding the Impact of Technology on Education, Work, and Society

This course has given me many technology tools that I have begun to use in my classroom. Prior to this class, I felt like I had a strong knowledge and base understanding of technology. What this course has given me is added tools to build on my prior knowledge. With the new knowledge I have gained on blogs, wikis, and podcast, it has made my classroom very technologically interactive.

The ways that I am currently expanding my knowledge of technology integration is by subscribing to many different blogs that focus on technology and the classroom. I have subscribed to these blogs through Google reader, another tool I learned from this class. I am constantly checking my Google reader and the blogs I follow are being updated daily. Since I’ve been introduced to these blogs that incorporate technology in the classroom, I am finding at least one thing per week that I will use in my classroom. I will continue to use Google reader because it keeps all the blogs I follow in one place. Google Reader, the blogs that I have subscribed to, and the ones I will subscribe to in the future, will absolutely continue to expand my knowledge with technology integration in my classroom.

One goal that I would like to accomplish is to use less paper in my classroom. I would like to get to a point where there is almost not paper being written on passed out or even going home with the students. But this is a tough goal to accomplish. A reason is that not all of my students have access to internet or a computer at home. And my second goal would be that at school I would like to have a class set of laptops or possibly IPod touches (I’ve read about these being used in the classroom through one of my subscribed blogs) to give online quizzes, or for classroom discussion blogs. One way that I could accomplish this goal is by getting the equipment. One thing that I could do is contact some companies around the area to donate some money to buy equipment or to donate equipment for my students to use.

My Students' Access to Technology and Usage PodCast

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