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Researching a new technology each week has been inspiring

And continue this cycle every year.

I am thinking that I want to use the technologies in my tool box as assessment tools but as

free time today

to help them review.

So, the idea is to have an alternate assessment at the end of each chapter. The alt. assessment will be created using one of many technologies we have discussed in our class (ex. animoto, flipbook, comicstrips, prezi). At midterm I plan on assigning a larger project, more cumlative of course.

What do you think?

it was crucial for students to have the rubric in hand when their animation assignment was assigned.

The students still seem un-easy about this new type of assignment.

I can show all of you too.

could a chalkboard be used for the same purpose

Yes, they spend thousands to buy technology but are not prepared to develop an infrastructure to actually support easier usage.

This leads to my ultimate grumbling of the week, I think that because of the shortcuts made to put technology into the hands of teachers and students that we are actually sacrificing class time and more importantly time on task. The concept of time on task was first studied by the late Ted Sizer who passed away recently. As a traveling teacher, I need to pack and unpack at least three times per day. I wonder how much time students actually lose not only in my class but throughout a day because of technology. Its not as though that time can be gained back. I do believe that technology is valuable to students but our schools need to do more with both infrastructure and training to make the devices increase the academic capacity of our students.

why aren’t schools quicker to recognize the power behind technology.

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ill technology one day make brick and mortar school obselete?

my trip to the world of educational technology

This is the impetus for me to continue to further develop more uses of technology with my students.

I always thought about learning how to use wikis as a way to respond to reading novels in my class but felt I needed someone to guide me through learning about it.  I haven’t had the time yet to incorporate a wiki in any of my classes, but I am teaching a new course in the spring semester, and I think that I might have the opportunity to try it out there.  As far as I can tell, the course’s curriculum doesn’t seem to have many big technological highlights, so it  might give me the opportunity to engage students using a new medium.  The class is 10th grade on level, which is a step below college prep, and those students might benefit from the ability to engage in discussion outside of class and use a hands on way of doing it.

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truly engaged and had a good time doing it

they really had an honest reaction of surprise at how fast class was going.

ultimately share this idea out there in cyberspace. 

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what I am left with is still just the wiki.

I plan to implement some pictures into Flickr

I could use some guidance at this point

I am proud of what I have created so far.

I became frustrated with many of the other technologies that I explored or did not find them functional for my classroom.

I created a teacher website that had many activities that I found on thinkfinity.org

on the threshold of an educational revolution

all the teachers who are willing to take a risk

I have always been hesitant to engage them in an argument of any kind.

Lack of training, hardware/software, and time were at the forefront of their argument;

complete paradigm shift.

discussion, writing and debate can have on a student.

shifting their thoughts

I have been laboriously scouring the web in search of interactive tools that will allow me to integrate technology into my classroom. I have battled with the notion that social networking sites are ruining wholesome communication, fought to obtain hardware, software and access to particular sites for my students and I have even set aside my preconceived notions to discover the benefits of certain tools within the classroom

Countless hours have been spent delving into applications and tools, time that has been taken from my family, friends and sanity.

teach students the 21st century skills they so desperately need

I intent to introduce my students to it next week. I hope they will be as excited as I am about the concept.

I realize that this class has opened a whole new world to us.

Students can use their cognitive skills and stretch their imaginations beyond any limits in the 21st century.

As educators we strive to positively reach all of our students; but often don’t ever interact with all of the other professionals in our buildings.  This is a problem.