The Finale!!

I have finally finished all my assignments. It has been a long and hard semester. I definitely feel I had trouble keeping up with the all the assignments! However, after everything was finally done I was excited!! I look forward to going back and really looking into the tools we used in the class and start to use them in my own classroom! I really liked learning how to make a digital story with Voice Thread and Photo Story3. I am also going to start blogging with my class and now that I know how to use gtalk I will be taking advantage of it. I was very excited to learn how to take a snapshot (or copy) of my work and put it on my blog. Technology is so important and I am always looking for ways to integrate it into my everyday teaching. I am walking away from this class with so many resources and I am so motivated to use all of them. Listening to everyone's final projects was really great as well. I was able to take a lot away from thier lessons. The resources and websites provided were great. I feel a class is successful when you are able to walk away with useful information for the classroom and it is safe to say this class was very successful. Thanks for all the great and informative resources!! I hope everyone has an excellent summer:-)

The Final Project.....Almost there!

I did my internet curriculum project on using technology as a remedial resource to improve student literacy skills. I was happy with this topic because I am a big believer in using technology!! I think it is a great remedial resource. It is an excellent resource because it is so motivating and offers a variety of tools to reach all the different learning styles! It presents information in multiple formats and multiple medias. Technology offers an enormous amount of possibilities and is a great tool to use for learning.
For example, this is my first year with a Smartboard and I have been able to offer so much more to my students. I am able to use technology to enhance my lessons and even use it as a reinforcement to what I am doing. I often play a game as a follow up to a lesson and the kids love it. They are so motivated and eager to play, they don't even realize they are learning!! I have found many websites with activites to reinforce skills that we are working on and I will put individual students who are having touble on the computer. I also use it with my advanced students. When they finish their work early I will try to challenge them with an activity on the computer.
I also feel it is an awesome way to communicate with parents and students. Parents can email and go on our websites to see what is going on. I have not blogged with my class yet but that is something I would like to start next year.
The possibilites are endless with technology and it is a great resource to incorporate into your everyday teaching!! It can really enhance students literacy skills and engage them in learning.

Here is the link to my PowerPoint Presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/LindsayM/final-project-1380689