This week's topic: The Future of Technology.
Technology seems to have an unlimited potential for development. It has grown drastically in only about 30 years. Just imagine what another 30 years will be like. Well, that's just what I am going to do; imagine what technology in education will be like in 30 years.
One way it is already evolved is into a global connection mechanism. It is now fast and easy to connect not only through voice but thorough video to people anywhere in the world (as long as they have an Internet connection). That opens the door for some very valuable culture exchange. A classroom in rural Ontario, for example, could connect directly with a classroom in urban Shanghai, China and do a show and tell. This would be a very memorable experience for both groups and would help create more cultural understanding and respect.
Famous speakers and academics will be able to live on in holographic form. I believe this has already occurred. The one I heard about was actually a music concert where a certain deceased performer was brought back to life in holographic format to sing with a current band. Whether or not it has happened as a lecture I can see this will become more and more popular and widespread. Now great minds of today will be able to be captured in holographic form and replayed for audiences generations from now in a more vivid way than just an old video or audio recording.
With the extreme advancement of Google Earth and its Street View mode it seems only a matter of time until it becomes even more of an immerse experience where we can take virtual trips to Egypt or Australia and perhaps have virtual tour guides explain to us about what we are witnessing. Perhaps even, we will be able to walk with the dinosaurs in a virtual environment while we learn about these old creatures. A virtual experience like that would be so memorable and engaging it would certainly spark a bunch of young minds to be excited about learning and the future. I think that's one of the best things that technology advancement can do.
Monday, 3 March 2014
Monday, 24 February 2014
Week 8 (February 23 - March 1, 2014)
This week's topic: Teaching Internet and Technology Skills to Young People.
In this day and age with all the rapidly advancing technology it is more and more important for children to learn skills and strategies to be competent and knowledgeable technology users in the most important ways.
Key understandings are: Using the Internet for research, using media like videos and PowerPoint effectively and keyboarding.
As for using the Internet for research, an emphasis on teaching about about plagiarism and finding reliable sources is important. It is so easy to plagiarise when doing a report or writing a research article because schools put pressure on kids to write long papers and we find ourselves obligated to grab a bunch of words from a encyclopedia definition or academic journal article and just plunk it down in the body of the paper to get to the length of paper or number of words the teacher said is a minimum without really understanding what we are doing. I think it is more important to teach kids about understanding what they are putting down rather than writing a paper that is 5 or 10 pages. Quality really is better than quantity in this situation. Teach kids to understand if they did not write something without copying it from another source then they need to give appropriate reference to it. As an extreme example, I would much rather see a student submit a two-page paper about lions in Africa and see a quotation mark at the beginning of the paragraph and not another end quotation until the last sentence but they had that whole quote referenced as opposed to seeing a five page paper with no quotations marks where it was clear the words were not from the student. Modelling correct sourcing habits would be my key to teaching this skill.
There are now many, many online resources and books to help people improve the quality and effectiveness of using videos and PowerPoint to communicate a message. Showing many exemplars would be a good strategy for learning and allowing students many opportunities to try it themselves would also be good.
Learning the skill of touch (no look!) typing is a very important one, I think. It is one that I would find opportunities to allow students to develop by perhaps giving them fun typing games to do when they have finished their other games or incorporating touch typing into ELA.
It is a great techno-age we are in and the best thing we can do it teach people how to make the most out of it all.
In this day and age with all the rapidly advancing technology it is more and more important for children to learn skills and strategies to be competent and knowledgeable technology users in the most important ways.
Key understandings are: Using the Internet for research, using media like videos and PowerPoint effectively and keyboarding.
As for using the Internet for research, an emphasis on teaching about about plagiarism and finding reliable sources is important. It is so easy to plagiarise when doing a report or writing a research article because schools put pressure on kids to write long papers and we find ourselves obligated to grab a bunch of words from a encyclopedia definition or academic journal article and just plunk it down in the body of the paper to get to the length of paper or number of words the teacher said is a minimum without really understanding what we are doing. I think it is more important to teach kids about understanding what they are putting down rather than writing a paper that is 5 or 10 pages. Quality really is better than quantity in this situation. Teach kids to understand if they did not write something without copying it from another source then they need to give appropriate reference to it. As an extreme example, I would much rather see a student submit a two-page paper about lions in Africa and see a quotation mark at the beginning of the paragraph and not another end quotation until the last sentence but they had that whole quote referenced as opposed to seeing a five page paper with no quotations marks where it was clear the words were not from the student. Modelling correct sourcing habits would be my key to teaching this skill.
There are now many, many online resources and books to help people improve the quality and effectiveness of using videos and PowerPoint to communicate a message. Showing many exemplars would be a good strategy for learning and allowing students many opportunities to try it themselves would also be good.
Learning the skill of touch (no look!) typing is a very important one, I think. It is one that I would find opportunities to allow students to develop by perhaps giving them fun typing games to do when they have finished their other games or incorporating touch typing into ELA.
It is a great techno-age we are in and the best thing we can do it teach people how to make the most out of it all.
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Week 7 (February 16 - February 22, 2014)
This week's topic: ePortfolios.
I'm kind of split on this notion. I understand it is likely the way of the future but I also am a little reserved about the idea that so many pieces of information about people are being put up on the Internet. I know that is kind of an ironic statement coming from someone who is currently writing a blog open to the public. But the way I see it, certain forms of information broadcasting are reasonable and others I'm not quite sold on.
The ePortfolio is one thing I am not quite sold on yet. I know they are a way to improve your Internet footprint in a positive way and promote yourself as a professional in ways that a paper resume or one-on-one interviews don't do the same. But that's where I still feel a little 'old school'. I have heard from various professors and principals that if you don't sell yourself well in an interview then no matter how flashy and impressive your ePortfolio is it won't make a difference. Playing the Devil's advocate a little more here, I also have heard a few instances where a portfolio actually lost someone a job because they found some information in the portfolio that wasn't properly credited. Now, of course, there is an easy way to avoid that - just make sure everything in your portfolio is your own or properly credited to someone else! Still, I feel like since the interview is by and large the most important part of getting a job that it is the most important thing to focus on.
I will say that I believe an ePortfolio would be especially useful for a person with a passion and skill in arts or music then a ePortfolio could really emphasize your talents and abilities and give you that edge in getting a job. I also realize that if you a person who has created some great lessons and projects then putting that stuff in your portfolio could be really advantageous.
For me, I'm not a arts or music major so to get a job I'll have to sell myself well in an interview and that is something I know is important and I can do. I don't want to be a big downer on this kind of technological revolution but I'm just being honest; I'm not sold on it ... yet!
I'm kind of split on this notion. I understand it is likely the way of the future but I also am a little reserved about the idea that so many pieces of information about people are being put up on the Internet. I know that is kind of an ironic statement coming from someone who is currently writing a blog open to the public. But the way I see it, certain forms of information broadcasting are reasonable and others I'm not quite sold on.
The ePortfolio is one thing I am not quite sold on yet. I know they are a way to improve your Internet footprint in a positive way and promote yourself as a professional in ways that a paper resume or one-on-one interviews don't do the same. But that's where I still feel a little 'old school'. I have heard from various professors and principals that if you don't sell yourself well in an interview then no matter how flashy and impressive your ePortfolio is it won't make a difference. Playing the Devil's advocate a little more here, I also have heard a few instances where a portfolio actually lost someone a job because they found some information in the portfolio that wasn't properly credited. Now, of course, there is an easy way to avoid that - just make sure everything in your portfolio is your own or properly credited to someone else! Still, I feel like since the interview is by and large the most important part of getting a job that it is the most important thing to focus on.
I will say that I believe an ePortfolio would be especially useful for a person with a passion and skill in arts or music then a ePortfolio could really emphasize your talents and abilities and give you that edge in getting a job. I also realize that if you a person who has created some great lessons and projects then putting that stuff in your portfolio could be really advantageous.
For me, I'm not a arts or music major so to get a job I'll have to sell myself well in an interview and that is something I know is important and I can do. I don't want to be a big downer on this kind of technological revolution but I'm just being honest; I'm not sold on it ... yet!
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Week 6 (February 9 - February 15, 2014)
This weeks topic: Creating Videos.
By far one of the most popular forms of media evident by the massive popularity of YouTube and other sites like it. I feel that video is an amazing teaching tool but like most things, it can't be overdone or it will lose its effectiveness.
I think back to my childhood and shows that I used to voluntarily thoroughly enjoy watching were clearly educational videos and I loved them! Shows like Magic School Bus and Bill Nye The Science Guy were some of my favorite after school shows. It was the style that they were presented in that made me interested in them. With the 'magic' of video production, videos have an opportunity to display and show things that can't be done as well in person or in a classroom. For example the following video demonstrates the distance between planets in our solar system and it is done in a great visual way that would be hard to do as well in a classroom:
By far one of the most popular forms of media evident by the massive popularity of YouTube and other sites like it. I feel that video is an amazing teaching tool but like most things, it can't be overdone or it will lose its effectiveness.
I think back to my childhood and shows that I used to voluntarily thoroughly enjoy watching were clearly educational videos and I loved them! Shows like Magic School Bus and Bill Nye The Science Guy were some of my favorite after school shows. It was the style that they were presented in that made me interested in them. With the 'magic' of video production, videos have an opportunity to display and show things that can't be done as well in person or in a classroom. For example the following video demonstrates the distance between planets in our solar system and it is done in a great visual way that would be hard to do as well in a classroom:
So this week, I was working with a small group to create our own videos. It isn't exactly educational but perhaps inspiring ... in a comical way. I enjoy the process of shooting video. All aspects of making a video such as shooting, adding sound, graphics, text and transitions have been made a lot easier these days with the advanced technology that comes common with most new computers. Programs such as iMovie and MovieMaker are very common and pretty easy-to-use.
I honestly think people can learn a lot from making a video as well as viewing a video. In a classroom, there needs to be fairly specific guidelines in place because one of the hardest parts of making a video is a group deciding on what to do but I think that is a useful life learning experience and I think those involved in the group will learn more than just team work if the task is set up properly. The process can also involve a lot of laughs and I think people learn a lot when having fun.
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Week 5 (February 2 - February 8, 2014)
Photo editing! Remember when you had to take pictures with a camera with actual film? And then you didn't even know how well the pictures turned out until you waited about a week to go down to the photo store and have them developed. I actually remember that time. I was only a kid then, however, and I didn't have any real need to edit my pictures so it wasn't that big of a deal that I couldn't edit them easily.
Those days are gone now. Taking and viewing pictures is INSTANT. Editing pictures is much easier and there are many, many free and paid programs you can use to edit pictures. One very good one is called Pixlr and it is free. I tried it out the other day and it is better than I thought a free program would be. I had become used to the very limited free Paint program that comes with Windows and it wasn't very good. I was pleased to see that Pixlr gives you many of the options such as resizing, rasturizing, and texturing that you can get in a pay program like Photoshop. I played around with Pixlr and used a photo to add text. Very simple but important in order to add things like photo credit.
Later, I tried editing an image with more than just text. I added some blur effects, some colour to a specific spot on the picture and some texturizing. I still wish I knew more about what do to to get the outcomes I want but there are numerous help features that can get me where I want to be.
As for where I got the picture, there are a number of sites on the Internet where you can get pictures that are called CREATIVE COMMONS. That means they are available for use in your own way but some of them require you to include photo credit. None the less, it is great to see that there are a lot of pictures available through creative commons. Some sites that can be used for this are: Creative Commons, Compfight and Diigo.
I am excited about the opportunities that are present now for taking pictures and editing them and the new opportunities that are sure to be developed!
Those days are gone now. Taking and viewing pictures is INSTANT. Editing pictures is much easier and there are many, many free and paid programs you can use to edit pictures. One very good one is called Pixlr and it is free. I tried it out the other day and it is better than I thought a free program would be. I had become used to the very limited free Paint program that comes with Windows and it wasn't very good. I was pleased to see that Pixlr gives you many of the options such as resizing, rasturizing, and texturing that you can get in a pay program like Photoshop. I played around with Pixlr and used a photo to add text. Very simple but important in order to add things like photo credit.
Later, I tried editing an image with more than just text. I added some blur effects, some colour to a specific spot on the picture and some texturizing. I still wish I knew more about what do to to get the outcomes I want but there are numerous help features that can get me where I want to be.
As for where I got the picture, there are a number of sites on the Internet where you can get pictures that are called CREATIVE COMMONS. That means they are available for use in your own way but some of them require you to include photo credit. None the less, it is great to see that there are a lot of pictures available through creative commons. Some sites that can be used for this are: Creative Commons, Compfight and Diigo.
I am excited about the opportunities that are present now for taking pictures and editing them and the new opportunities that are sure to be developed!
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Week 4 (January 26 - February 1, 2014)
Digital storytellling is a powerful communication tool. Unfortunately, I haven't used multimedia as often as I would like at this point to tell stories and communicate information, but I am going to start using it more.
I want to use all kinds of multimedia including: slideshows, pictures, animations, video, digital books, audio and podcasts. I think storytelling is one of the best teaching tools there is because a good story keeps people interested and usually has a moral or a main point that most of us end up remembering. The other great thing about all the different types of multimedia is that their ARE so many of them and if you use it as a teaching tool it also gives you the option to provide your pupils with a variety of reasonable options for communicating their learning. If a group of students are expected to make a presentation about the planets in our solar system, for instance, they could be given the option to make a short video, a collage of pictures with descriptions or an audio recording. That would create a lot of variety and appeal to many different learning styles.
The types of multimedia and digital storytelling programs I have used include: Movie Maker, Audacity, Paint, Photoshop and PowerPoint. The one I've used the most is PowerPoint. It has been the best way (or the only way, in some cases) I could do a presentation to class as a student or as a teacher. I do like PowerPoint because you can include images and audio recordings while flowing nicely from slide to slide. You can also add in website links to quickly go to a useful website with one click and then get right back to the presentation. I am aware, however, that PowerPoint isn't the "be all end all" and while it is a good presentation tool there are many other ways to present something and communicate effectively. As for Paint and Photoshop I have only used them sporadically over the last number of years when I want to make a slight edit to an image such as resizing it, changing some colours, adding a bit of graphical enhancement and these have all been mostly for personal use, not for teaching, yet. But I am at least familiar enough with Paint and Photoshop that I would be comfortable using it or helping students use it to make a presentation better. My experience with both Audacity and Movie Maker have been brief but memorable. These tools I have actually not used in a few years but I am glad that I was interested enough in them at an earlier age that I now can realize what great teaching and learning tools they can be. When I used Audacity it was purely for fun as I included a recording of myself singing or rapping, rather, to a top chart 90s rap song, which will remain nameless, but rest assured it was popular at the time! My Movie Maker experience was trying to piece together various hockey clips to make a highlight reel with music included. At the time I didn't have the patience to make the whole 'movie' very long so I wouldn't say I'm anywhere near an expert at the program but I know it is a very easily accessible program and I would be comfortable trying it out again.
So the final statement I will leave you all with is this: Oddly enough, the multimedia programs I have used were mostly brief experiences, years ago now but from my brief exposure and from what I've observed others do using similar programs I know that they are worthwhile tools to explore more in-depth now and because technology advances very quickly, I know these programs become more and more user-friendly and that is a good thing, in my opinion!
I want to use all kinds of multimedia including: slideshows, pictures, animations, video, digital books, audio and podcasts. I think storytelling is one of the best teaching tools there is because a good story keeps people interested and usually has a moral or a main point that most of us end up remembering. The other great thing about all the different types of multimedia is that their ARE so many of them and if you use it as a teaching tool it also gives you the option to provide your pupils with a variety of reasonable options for communicating their learning. If a group of students are expected to make a presentation about the planets in our solar system, for instance, they could be given the option to make a short video, a collage of pictures with descriptions or an audio recording. That would create a lot of variety and appeal to many different learning styles.
The types of multimedia and digital storytelling programs I have used include: Movie Maker, Audacity, Paint, Photoshop and PowerPoint. The one I've used the most is PowerPoint. It has been the best way (or the only way, in some cases) I could do a presentation to class as a student or as a teacher. I do like PowerPoint because you can include images and audio recordings while flowing nicely from slide to slide. You can also add in website links to quickly go to a useful website with one click and then get right back to the presentation. I am aware, however, that PowerPoint isn't the "be all end all" and while it is a good presentation tool there are many other ways to present something and communicate effectively. As for Paint and Photoshop I have only used them sporadically over the last number of years when I want to make a slight edit to an image such as resizing it, changing some colours, adding a bit of graphical enhancement and these have all been mostly for personal use, not for teaching, yet. But I am at least familiar enough with Paint and Photoshop that I would be comfortable using it or helping students use it to make a presentation better. My experience with both Audacity and Movie Maker have been brief but memorable. These tools I have actually not used in a few years but I am glad that I was interested enough in them at an earlier age that I now can realize what great teaching and learning tools they can be. When I used Audacity it was purely for fun as I included a recording of myself singing or rapping, rather, to a top chart 90s rap song, which will remain nameless, but rest assured it was popular at the time! My Movie Maker experience was trying to piece together various hockey clips to make a highlight reel with music included. At the time I didn't have the patience to make the whole 'movie' very long so I wouldn't say I'm anywhere near an expert at the program but I know it is a very easily accessible program and I would be comfortable trying it out again.
So the final statement I will leave you all with is this: Oddly enough, the multimedia programs I have used were mostly brief experiences, years ago now but from my brief exposure and from what I've observed others do using similar programs I know that they are worthwhile tools to explore more in-depth now and because technology advances very quickly, I know these programs become more and more user-friendly and that is a good thing, in my opinion!
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Week 3 (January 19/25, 2014)
Looking at creating websites this week. I first thought Google Sites would be the best, mostly because I already have a Gmail account and wanted to keep from making more and more accounts, but alas, Google Sites isn't as easy to use and I prefer something ease-of-use over keeping things all in one place.
The website to create websites I will be using is Weebly. Just from my brief experience with it so far I find it has a lot more options of themes and it is easier to use to start building a nice looking website with plenty of information.
Okay, now that I have had some time to look around at some other teacher websites and also really play around with my Weebly site I can say that I am pretty comfortable with a lot of the options available to create a pretty solid website. After about four of five attempts I was finally able to decide on a theme I liked, that's oddly enough what took me the most time to be comfortable with. Once I decided on the theme I was able to put together the rest of the sections of the site pretty easily basing them off some ideas from different teacher websites I looked at.
I found adding images to the site was very easy as well as creating multiple pages, including sub-pages for some. Adding text was very easy as well as changing the font and colour. I was able to add a Google Calendar quickly and easily as well as add in a YouTube video in my "Cool Links" page. The links page I decided just to have typed out links instead of inserting something like Symbaloo. I actually like the design and benefit of using Symbaloo for a links page and I may work on that at another time. Time will tell if I see enough education-related Symbaloo pages that will convince me to add one to my page. I decided to keep my Home page very basic and just have welcome message and leave the rest of the information on the appropriate sub-pages.
I did not include a blog, picture gallery, contact form, map, search box, document download or social media links, however, they are all features that I believe could be a very nice addition to the website but only if they will be used and appreciated. I feel I will have a good idea when that might be and the simplicity of just dragging these features into the section of the website that you want them makes me comfortable in the feeling that anytime I might want to add them to the site I could do so with not too much difficulty.
The website to create websites I will be using is Weebly. Just from my brief experience with it so far I find it has a lot more options of themes and it is easier to use to start building a nice looking website with plenty of information.
Okay, now that I have had some time to look around at some other teacher websites and also really play around with my Weebly site I can say that I am pretty comfortable with a lot of the options available to create a pretty solid website. After about four of five attempts I was finally able to decide on a theme I liked, that's oddly enough what took me the most time to be comfortable with. Once I decided on the theme I was able to put together the rest of the sections of the site pretty easily basing them off some ideas from different teacher websites I looked at.
I found adding images to the site was very easy as well as creating multiple pages, including sub-pages for some. Adding text was very easy as well as changing the font and colour. I was able to add a Google Calendar quickly and easily as well as add in a YouTube video in my "Cool Links" page. The links page I decided just to have typed out links instead of inserting something like Symbaloo. I actually like the design and benefit of using Symbaloo for a links page and I may work on that at another time. Time will tell if I see enough education-related Symbaloo pages that will convince me to add one to my page. I decided to keep my Home page very basic and just have welcome message and leave the rest of the information on the appropriate sub-pages.
I did not include a blog, picture gallery, contact form, map, search box, document download or social media links, however, they are all features that I believe could be a very nice addition to the website but only if they will be used and appreciated. I feel I will have a good idea when that might be and the simplicity of just dragging these features into the section of the website that you want them makes me comfortable in the feeling that anytime I might want to add them to the site I could do so with not too much difficulty.
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Week 2 (January 12/18, 2014)
I was introduced to a bunch of bookmarking websites the other day. Diigo, Pearltree and Symbaloo were the main ones. With Diigo it is great to be able to connect so quickly to many different topics all from the same website and it would make it easier for students in a class to help them on research projects. It does seem like it would be most beneficial for a High School class and possibly the upper Middel School grades just because I don't think the work that goes into it would be worth it unless the students are able to use the sites often.
The bookmarking website I liked the most was Symbaloo. I had a very clean and easy to understand design. It uses a bunch of boxes that can be customized in colour, location and most importantly, the website they connect to. Even just looking at the sample on the Symbaloo main page it shows how many useful websites can be at your fingertips ... or mouse clicks, that is. Google, Encyclopedia, Translate, News, CBC, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, the time, weather and maps are all websites one-click away from a Symbaloo custom page. Another nice thing about Symbaloo is you can make different tabs that are public or private so you could have your own with websites like eBay, E-Mail and Facebook and another for students in your classroom.
I think Symbaloo would be useful, as I said, in an upper Middle Years classroom or High School because those students will benefit from being made aware of or reminded of all the great resources the Internet has to offer. Of course, there is a good and bad side to the Internet and not every information website can be trusted. So one very good use for Symbaloo would be to create a page with all the appropriate researching websites that students can try when they are first starting to do research projects. This type of site is really the best way I could see giving students an opportunity to try different sites without all having to look at the exact same ones but still within some boundaries. Now that I am aware of these bookmarking websites I will be more aware, going forward, about what type of websites would be useful for students and how a bookmarking website might help make it easier for the students to understand and access them.
I do continue to see a huge benefit to being able to use sites like YouTube in the classroom. I am using that as a short introduction so I can post a YouTube video here as well as experiment with embedding video in my blog.
The video below is HD video on Protists which I showed the students in the classroom I taught in for the Living Things unit. The respond from the students was great and they really enjoyed the music and visuals of the video. It was a great way make Protists more interesting to Middle Years students who won't always find the topic exciting just from the mention of it. Anyway, without further ado, here is the video:
The bookmarking website I liked the most was Symbaloo. I had a very clean and easy to understand design. It uses a bunch of boxes that can be customized in colour, location and most importantly, the website they connect to. Even just looking at the sample on the Symbaloo main page it shows how many useful websites can be at your fingertips ... or mouse clicks, that is. Google, Encyclopedia, Translate, News, CBC, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, the time, weather and maps are all websites one-click away from a Symbaloo custom page. Another nice thing about Symbaloo is you can make different tabs that are public or private so you could have your own with websites like eBay, E-Mail and Facebook and another for students in your classroom.
I think Symbaloo would be useful, as I said, in an upper Middle Years classroom or High School because those students will benefit from being made aware of or reminded of all the great resources the Internet has to offer. Of course, there is a good and bad side to the Internet and not every information website can be trusted. So one very good use for Symbaloo would be to create a page with all the appropriate researching websites that students can try when they are first starting to do research projects. This type of site is really the best way I could see giving students an opportunity to try different sites without all having to look at the exact same ones but still within some boundaries. Now that I am aware of these bookmarking websites I will be more aware, going forward, about what type of websites would be useful for students and how a bookmarking website might help make it easier for the students to understand and access them.
I do continue to see a huge benefit to being able to use sites like YouTube in the classroom. I am using that as a short introduction so I can post a YouTube video here as well as experiment with embedding video in my blog.
The video below is HD video on Protists which I showed the students in the classroom I taught in for the Living Things unit. The respond from the students was great and they really enjoyed the music and visuals of the video. It was a great way make Protists more interesting to Middle Years students who won't always find the topic exciting just from the mention of it. Anyway, without further ado, here is the video:
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Week 1 (January 5/11, 2014)
Trying this out for the first time. Technology will be the topic for these blog entries. Mostly, it will be related to technology in Education.
I think technology is a very important tool for schools. I've started using a SMART Board and I think it is great and it has so many more uses than I have had the chance to experience. But I hope to be able to learn more and more about it.
I have been introduced and reminded about many different "Tech Tools" from class and they include: Pinterest, Google Drive, YouTube, The "Cloud" and SMART Phones. I have a Pinterest and YouTube accounts and I have a SMART Phone. I am a supporter of all the positive things they can do and ways they can help educate and inspire. I admit, I have not used Pinterest very much yet but I really hope to use it more often in the future. Google Drive and The "Cloud" I am not sold on yet. As I continue on in this ICT class I will stay open-minded to the possible advantages of Google Drive, The "Cloud" and other "Tech Tools" I have not really experienced very much of yet.
I think technology is a very important tool for schools. I've started using a SMART Board and I think it is great and it has so many more uses than I have had the chance to experience. But I hope to be able to learn more and more about it.
I have been introduced and reminded about many different "Tech Tools" from class and they include: Pinterest, Google Drive, YouTube, The "Cloud" and SMART Phones. I have a Pinterest and YouTube accounts and I have a SMART Phone. I am a supporter of all the positive things they can do and ways they can help educate and inspire. I admit, I have not used Pinterest very much yet but I really hope to use it more often in the future. Google Drive and The "Cloud" I am not sold on yet. As I continue on in this ICT class I will stay open-minded to the possible advantages of Google Drive, The "Cloud" and other "Tech Tools" I have not really experienced very much of yet.
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