Week 7

UEN and Pioneer Library will greatly help me while teaching my students. I will be able to refer to the websites information and use it in my teaching. I will be able to use their lesson plans and their interactive tools while planning my specific lesson plans. By doing this my students will receive a variety of learning patterns, much further beyond than my personal capacities.

Through using virtual tours, I will be able to take my students to see many different places around the world that they otherwise would never see. These will be in class field trips that can keep my students involved and triggering their curiosity.

The different ideas given concerning service learning projects will help me stay fresh. I will be able to continue being creative and keeping my class involved.

Through using UEN and Pioneer Library I will be able to collaborate with my coworkers. They will have full access to these materials, just as I do therefore it will making it much easier for us to work together. We can use the ideas given, to generate new and even more creative ideas.

Together we can find the most informative and fun ways of learning from the UEN website. Personally I can do my best to be creative and fun within the walls of my classroom, but by using the UEN website I will be able to continue learning and teaching my students with new ideas. By using these websites my students will receive a much better teachers.

I really enjoyed watching this week's movie about the Surface Computing Device. This device is a large hands on computer. It has a multi touch screen which gives direct manipulation. If this device was used in schools it would give these students a great opportunity to learn more, and in an extremely new way. This device is incredible. I can only imagine all of the incredible technologies I will someday be able to use in my classroom.

Week 6

I've learned of many different resources that will greatly help with communication in my classroom. I will use my classroom website to communicate with the parents of my students. I will use Microsoft Word to send letters home with my students. I will use technology as a way to better teach my students and to better inform them of the information being taught.

The video this week was very inspiring to me. The students in the film are expressing their need for hands on learning. They need to create and to analyze. My one year old nephew is comfortable using the iPhone. It's amazing how children these days are such digital learners and it is important that as their teachers we continue to grow and teach in ways that will best inform our learners.

Week 5

Through using TeacherTube I will be able to help my students understand and truly grasp ideas without boring them with a lecture. They will be able to have hands on learning of different areas of the world while sitting in their seat looking at the computer screen.

I will be able to achieve more classroom objectives through emphasizing instructional games and tools than ever before. I will be able to have my students full attention as we experience new ways of learning.

I have talked about the pros of these tools in the paragraphs above. The cons of such tools might be that they aren't receiving the feedback that they can receive from the teacher. Students need to know that they are improving and doing a good job. Some instructional tools give feedback (in fact most of the tools I provide will) although receiving such feedback from a computer and from a person can be much different. If not watched, students may become distracted while using the computers. In all, the pros definitely outweigh the cons.

The video this week was very interesting. I enjoyed hearing what the students of this age have to say about technology. They believe that in the near future all media will be on the go. It will be accessable anytime and anywhere with no limitations. It is amazing how far technology has come and it's easy to believe that it will only improve. The students talked about how their parents can't quite grasp technology the way that they can. Through this video I was able to see how much students understand and thrive off of technology.

Week 4

Through using Microsoft Word I will be able to better communicate with my students and their parents. My students will receive different assignments and worksheets in class that I have created using Microsoft Word.

I will be able to create documents using Word that will inform my students' parents of many different events. I will send them an outline of the students' curriculum, field trips, assemblies, and any other important information.

I will use Microsoft Word as one of my rotations in my classroom. I will use it to help my students learn to type. They will type their spelling words and stories they've written. They will be introduced to typing through using Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word is a very convenient tool to use within a classroom. It provides many different options of fonts, colors, and sizes. Something that is difficult when using Word is that it tends to overcorrect documents being made, which can be very frustrating. All in all, it's a good resource to use while teaching and in everyday life.

The videos for this week really made me think. Education must grow and develop. Shifts need to take place as the world is changing and technology is taking over. Students need new and exciting ways of learning to stay interested in their subjects. The themes of these videos were, "Shift Happens" and "Force Teachers to Move." I don't think there are any other words to better describe what needs to take place.