Reflection

I have learned a great deal of information throughout this course. My personal theory of learning that I developed during week one of this course has mainly stayed the same; however, I feel that I can now add so much more to how children learn.
My teaching will go through certain adjustments as a result of this course. The first aspect that will change is that I plan on using more technology that I have learned about in this course in my classroom. I learned in this course that even though my school might not have all of the technological capabilities that I want, there are still many different technologies that I can take use of without costing the district any money. For example, I plan on using Voice Thread in my classroom for different projects I may introduce. Since I know that this is easily available and now have the skills to use Voice thread, I plan on introducing this to my students soon. I can see how students would love being able to state a problem they are having through Voice Thread, and then being able to get feedback from fellow classmates about how to solve their problems. I feel that using this technology will add to the social learning theory that we learned about during this course. Students will be more involved using this technology and it will be very beneficial.
The other piece of technology that I plan on using more often is PowerPoint. This can be used in a variety of ways, including using it as a teaching resource to display information that I am teaching, as well as having the students use the program to show me what they have learned. PowerPoint is a program that I am now very familiar with and plan on introducing the many ways that we can use it in the classroom to my fellow teachers.
One of the goals that I now have leaving this course is to continue to learn about more technology tools I can use in the classroom. In this course we learned about just a few of the many different tools that are available that can help our students learn. One specific technology that I have heard about and hope to learn more about is using programs that deal with Webcams and how it can help students learn. I can do this through continuing to be successful in this course and also taking workshops at my school that outline how to use this technology in my classroom. The other personal goal that I have is to continue to learn more about the best ways to teach students in my classroom. I want to learn more about the best strategies to having students retain the information they are learning about and the technology that will assist in making them successful students.