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

the Kindle (the Nook) w

please let me know.

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.

so they can have extra practice on topics they struggle with.

I should elaborate during future classes.

o this project?

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.

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.

Hamlet Facebook pages

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.