Felipe, I agree with you. I see the MOOC becoming a part of a traditional university and not taking over the entire university system in the future. People still have the need for face to face communication. People need people skills and MOOCS do not provide that. Also, it is important to be able to contact your professor for one on one time and in classes of thousands of students that is impossible. MOOC's are more suited if you would like to learn something quickly and you are able to be self disciplined enough to follow through with the course. It would be hard for a premed, med student, nurse, etc. to take MOOC's as they need classroom time to learn and develop their skill.

Abel, I agree with you. There needs to be a lot of training here for teachers instead of throwing the technology at teachers and saying- use this. Lesson plans need to be created and be very outcome specific so that this technology doesn't become a babysitter or a way for a teacher to get out of teaching. I do like that all students are not placed into one reading level and the advanced students can go on and not be held back. I also like the feedback aspect of these tools for teachers to see progress instead of just testing. There are pros and cons but if done correctly technology can be a very powerful, useful tool.

Maricela,
In my classroom this year, I've used Google Forms, Google Docs, Google Spreadsheet, MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Google Presentations, Prezi.com, Animoto.com, Dipity.com, Powtoons, Google Drawings, Google Sites, Google Drive, and emailing services. For different assignments, I've required one of the aforementioned services. At this point, most students are familiar with the various software.

So, the idea is that since they have some familiarity with these programs, they can have a choice on which ones students want to use for assignments. I use these programs mentioned above because they are easy to use and because they are not blocked on my campus. It's difficult when every blog, imgur,com, and youtube are all blocked on my campus.

Rene,
Using polleverywhere, I thought it was limited to a point. Do you pay to use it? I like polleverywhere but some students don't have cell phones. Any suggestions on how to include those students that don't have access?

Martin, I am glad you like Powtoons. My wife was introduced to GoAnimate in one of her doctoral classes last semester and really liked how easy it was to use. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Jaime, thanks for picking this great Sir Ken Robinson TedTalk. He is always a refreshing speaker. At this point in time, I believe that reform is necessary however, it seems impossible. In order to achieve some of these ideas we must flip the switch on everything we are currently doing and have been doing for years and on top of that have the entire country on board. I don't know about anyone else, but it seems like sometimes it is hard to even get administration on board with a small change. The idea is "this is the way it has always been done" and "if it works why change it". I completely disagree with these statements but it would require a lot of work to make a big change. I use technology in my classroom and have had a lot of hesitation from both students and parents. Hesitation for various reasons, financial (not having access at home), not knowing how to use technology, etc. The change needs to not just come from the teacher but from the student and their support system -their parents.