Weekly Blog Number Twelve

We have learned many different technologies this semester. Some of my favorite things we have learned about are Picasa, Power Point Activities, Zamzar, UEN, and Vidcasts. We have been introduced to many different ways of utilizing these tools to teach our future students.It has been very fun and interesting to learn about different forms of technolgies.

This semester I think that one of the hardest assignments we had was the big UEN assignment. I felt that it was pretty crazy. It was neat though when I finally started getting the hang of it. I thought it was really useful. Zamzar is a online tool that converts files, I thought this was a really neat tool to use. This way I can convert music, and educational videos from you tube, this will be a great help to have on my own computer. This way I can incorporate music and video in presentations to better help my students understand the material I will be teaching.

I plan to use these tools we have learned about in class in my future lesson plans. I think it will be great to be able to go on virtual field trips, have e-mail pals, and to be able to help my students learn through music and video instruction. I feel more equipped to teach my future students how to use and be comfortable with technology. I'm excited to think of creative ways to use technology with my future first graders. :)

The video I watched this week was called Shake it Up, it was a video on how the world has changed. It talked about how the average student will have ten to fourteen careers. It talked about how since we live in a world of instant information we need to make sure that we are teaching students the skills they need to really thrive in the world and in their future careers. It was an interesting video. It once again made a point that technology is changing and we need to be constantly learning as much as we can, so we can teach our students. Here is the url for this video I found on Teachertube:http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=223&title=Shake_it_Up