I really enjoyed our last day of class. Being a teacher is not just for my benefit. Its for my students. I am going to be the type of teacher that is there for my students. We need to be there not because I am getting paid, but to be advocates for our students.
Upon taking this class, I thought it was going to be a waste of time, like my first Educational Technology Class. We used programs that I was fairly familiar with and already knew how to use. This class was completely different. I learned so many new things that I cannot wait to use in the classroom! I felt like a whole other world was opened up to me. I had no idea what a WIki was, and now I can use it and build a lesson plan with it! One thing I absolutely love is the simple idea of a word cloud: WORDLE! I love the way they look and it is a simple concept for students to do and understand.
I really enjoyed this class and will continue to use many things I learned here. I may not be an expert at Jings or Podcasts yet, but at least I know how to use them and can work on getting better at creating them! Thank you got everything, Garth. I plan on staying in touch!
PS: I plan on still reading your blog- I love your ideas and love reading about them!