While exploring the website, I watched all the videos on the homepage. I thought they were all really neat. My favorite videos were the ones with songs. “I need my teachers to learn,” and “Gotta keep reading.” They were both really neat, and while I knew the importance of reading, the video about technology really put into perspective the importance of understanding and using technology as a teacher. Again I am not very advanced when it comes to using technology and in fact I am probably below average. I didn’t even learn to type correctly until Jr. High School because our elementary school was very out of date. I feel uncomfortable with technology and I am not even sure I know how to correctly explore websites. This class is very important to me and I am very excited to learn how to better navigate the internet and become more comfortable with technology in general.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Reflection 1: Technology Bits, Bytes & Nibbles
The first article I read was “Kindergarten students use technology in the classroom.” When I was enrolling in this class I found myself wondering how useful it would be to my own future as a teacher. The reason being is that I plan on teaching Kindergarten and I was uncertain of how much technology I would really be using in a classroom of six year olds. After reading the article I realize that Kindergarteners are just as capable as any student to learn to use technology. Everything about the story surprised me. Not just the fact that the students were using the laptops and iPads but also that the school had provided such new technology to such young students. I am definitely excited about this information. I am not very good with new technology yet, but I am excited to learn about it in this course and learn to integrate it into my lesson plans and classroom as a future teacher.
Another article I read was, “Great examples of things possible with Storybird.” Before reading about it here, I had never heard of Storybird. After reading it on the blog and then exploring the Storybird website, I am very excited about it. I think it can be useful in many different ways inside the classroom. I could use it to liven up lessons with homemade stories that apply specifically to my classroom. I could also use it to create a story with my class, one that we could do together and the students could show off their creation online at home. I was a little surprised to see that using Storybird was free but because it is free I know I would be more willing to use it.
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