My Final Thoughts..

Looking back on this course, I think that I learned way more than I expected I would in the beginning. I believe that this course has shown me some amazing ways of intergrating technology into the classroom. I think, with my generation, there was always some sort of technological equipment in the classroom but it was never something we would do on the computers. This class has shown me so many possiblities for using technology in the classroom such as using the Turnitin website and the concept mapping. I can see myself using all of the different assignments in an actual class room. I think that using the online tests we created would be excellent because they were easy and quick to create and would help the student be able to get used to taking test in a technology enviroment and if that was combined with the concept map like we had in class that would be a great interactive technology experience for students. I have learned how to use many different new websites such as Rubrix and Googlesites. I have learned different ways of creating presentations through Windows Movie Maker and through Google Presentations that I think will offer students more interesting new ways of learning that the plain old Microsoft Powerpoint. One of my favorite parts of this class was learning to use all of the different programs Google has to offer. I think all of them will be very beneficial to me in the future. The strong points I have discovered in myself through this class is that I have a very good understanding of the internet and how it works. I rarely had to ask for help and was always able to figure things out on my own. I found myself weak in finding the right words to describe many of the sites and concepts we were asked to. The reason I think I am not so good at making descriptions is because I have never really had to read something and describe it before. I have always been used to writing my own work compared to describing others. I think that I will be able to make myself stronger and find the right way to write descriptions through practice. I did not find that I had any "technology" weak points because I am a frequent technology user. Overall, I really enjoyed this class and found all the assignments we did to be really helpful for my future.