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Week #16- End Of Semester Reflection

END OF SEMESTER REFLECTION: 

What have I learned regarding technology in education this semester:

1. Power Point is not the only program on which to make a presentation; others include, Prezi, Smartboard, Flipsnack, etc.
2. I can set up parent-teacher meetings using wikispaces.
3. I can make videos using Animoto Video
4. A person can find lesson plans on exchange.smarttech.com
5. A teacher can have a class blog set up for the whole class, so parents to be involved in the class.
6. Technology is greatly expanding and I need to accept that and grow with the changes.
7. A person can write and illustrated children books on Storybird.

Before this class, I was not too familiar with technology.  I knew how to use Microsoft Word and Power Point, but I did not realize how useful technology could be.  I found so many different resources to use for my future classroom.  I realize I am a digital native but the generation below me is so familiar with technology because it is all around them.  I need to grasp technology and learn to use and teach it in my classroom someday because it is useful to students and their future.

What progress have I made on the NETS for Teachers that I focused on this semester:

Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity:

Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.

a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness

b. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources

c. Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes

d. Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.

I have learned may ways to inspire learning and creativity using technology.  I have learned that I can use technology to teach different subject and then take it a step further and show my students things using online databases to find new things and information in which they may have never known if it was not for technology.  I have learned how I can relate the learned information to the students real life at home and at school. I believe I have made big steps to be open minded towards technology and brace it with an open heart and mind for the sake of my future students and their success later in life.

Week #14

I found a lesson about the solar system and how the stars, moon,other planets effect the earth.  I think this lesson would be useful in the classroom when studying science and the purpose for the solar system.  I could use this lesson in my own class to have the students do a project on different planets and the shape, size, and distance away from the earth.  This would be an educational project for 3rd graders.  NETS that would apply would be:   

Students:

Creativity and Innovation

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct
knowledge, and develop innovative products and
processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas,
products, or processes
b. Create original works as a means of personal
or group expression
c. Use models and simulations to explore complex
systems and issues
d. Identify trends and forecast possibilities

Teachers:

Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning
and Creativity

Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter,
teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate
experiences that advance student learning,
creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face
and virtual environments.
a. Promote, support, and model creative
and innovative thinking and inventiveness
b. Engage students in exploring real-world issues
and solving authentic problems using digital tools
and resources
c. Promote student reflection using collaborative
tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual
understanding and thinking, planning, and
creative processes
d. Model collaborative knowledge construction by
engaging in learning with students, colleagues,
and others in face-to-face and virtual environments

Reflection # 12

Last week, my music methods teacher took us to her elementary school where she teaches at.  She told us how all of the school's computers have viruses and there was really nothing they could do to fix it.  She could not even play a DVD because the virus would no tallow her to do so.  WE had to use one of my classmates computers to watch a short clip that she wanted us to see.  I do not know how the teachers were able to teach during that week because all of their power points and tools online that they would normally use to teach were all down because of the virus.  This just shows me as a teacher, someday, I need to ALWAYS have a back-up plan for my students, just in case...you never know when technology may decide to let us down.

Blog Comments- Part 2

1. Sigrid- http://sigridthoreson.blogspot.com/2012/11/reflection-9-distractions.html?showComment=1354227111579#c7546757319445034333
2. Kendra- http://kendracotton.blogspot.com/2012/10/flipped-classroom.html?showComment=1354227514000#c9065561259813520140
3. Heather-http://heatherkristinsadventures.blogspot.com/2012/11/reflection-9.html?showComment=1354227794817#c3011228549930216833
4. Heather- http://heatherkristinsadventures.blogspot.com/2012/11/week-13-microsoft-office.html?showComment=1354492015247#c2536293023050756233
5. Angie- http://angiegarza12.blogspot.com/2012/11/reflection-10.html?showComment=1354494724990#c4844410812476541806
6. Trey- http://treybotten.blogspot.com/2012/10/technology-project-plan.html?showComment=1354495065889#c2058466746009848339
7. Sarah- http://sarahstoker.blogspot.com/2012/11/reflection-12.html?showComment=1354495678667#c3862914037387186203
8.Tootsie-http://tootsievasquez06.blogspot.com/2012/11/reflection-8.html?showComment=1354495971227#c4426537820405240756
9. Whitney-http://wright2whitney.blogspot.com/2012/10/technology-project-plan.html?showComment=1354496411074#c2111412031178696292

Reflection # 11

In class on Tuesday,we explored Google earth.  I had forgotten to bring my laptop that day so I used my smartphone.  I was amazed that I could use my phone to look at Google earth.  The images were exactly the same as I would have seen on my laptop.  Technology is very advanced and I was shocked how much I could find from Google earth with my phone.  The pictures of buildings, cars, land, etc was very clear and persist.  However, I do think it is kind of scary how there is such technology that people can watch the whole earth at every moment and see exactly what is going on.  In a way, this technology may be too advanced for our own good?

Reflection # 10

In class on Tuesday  Sigrid said how our Geography professor talked about how someday technology will be so advanced that we will not have a teacher in front of the class teaching us but instead a visual imagine of a teacher.  I thought this idea seems way too futuristic and too advanced.  I think many problems could occur if we do not actually have teachers.  However, I could see how this idea would save money...but I do not think it is a good idea.