Weekly Blog Number Two

First off, I thought the video we watched in class was eye opening. I know that technology just keeps getting bigger and better, but I had no idea students think that what they are learning in school is pointless. I have to admit that I am a little technology retarded, and I'm a little scared that my students will know how to do more than I will. The video made me realize that I need to learn as much as I can so that I can utilize the tools that I have right in front of me. It made me want to be that creative teacher who really uses technology in my classroom everyday.

In class we learned all about Google this week. We learned how to use Google documents and Google calendars. I thought it was really cool. I liked that my documents just kind of live on Google and I can share them with people. I absolutely loved the Google calendar. I love that you can set it up to send you a text when you have something scheduled. It just makes everything so handy right there in front of me.

I feel like I am getting a little more comfortable with the computer. It's exciting when things become clear and I feel confident with the things we are learning. I like that every week in class we learn something new. I feel like the computer always has problems though, it can sense my fear I guess.

Now that I know how to use some of these tools, I'm excited to do more with my documents. It will be nice to be able to have fewer group meetings, I work full time so this will save me a lot of time and headache on group projects. I also think that the calendar will come in handy. When I'm a teacher I could definitely give the parents the website for the calendar and they could stay on track with what we will be learning and going over in weeks to come. Or maybe I could put the Google calendar on a blog for my classroom. That would be awesome. I'm not really sure how I could do that but, I'm going to learn!