My Reflection on EDU 314

    I feel like I learned a lot throughout the course of Teaching Technology.  I had little knowledge on how to create something like a website before this class.  Now I have created my own website and create webpages with ease.  Also I had never used Microsoft Publisher, created Word Acrostics, Photo Story, or used Puzzle Maker.  Each of these things I learned throughout the year.  Now they seem quite easy to use and I would not have many problems using them, although on each program there are still new things that I can learn how to do.  I feel all the technology we have used throughout the year is very important in a classroom, along with technology in general.  Each of these projects I would definately use in my classroom and many I would also teach students how to use.  This way students had the option to use them when creating a presentation.  There were a few frustrations I had throughtout the semester in this class.  Mostly my frustration was just at the overall lack of knowledge I had with all the programs.  For most of the programs I know the basics, but when learning the new things about the program it would be hard to figure out or remember how.  Another thing was the links on my website.  I would think they were linked and uploaded but they would not work so that was frustrating to have to go back and play around with it until it would work.  I enjoyed working in groups for some of the projects.  I thought it was nice to split some of the work and plus other people had good ideas that I hadn't thought of.  I think I will use groups a lot in my future classroom because I feel it is important for students to be able to work with others because they will always have to in their future.  Another reason is that some children may know more than others so they can help out each other.  Also with being in a school you can sometimes be limited in the computer access you have.  If you put students in groups you are more likely to be able to use the computers in your room or find computers in the school that are available.  For a grade I think it is important to give a grade to the group as a whole and also individually.  This shows it is important for a group to work together but also if there is someone who doesn't do any work their grade can suffer.  Overall I felt I learned a lot in this course that I will use in my future lessons and activities in my classroom.   


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