What I hope to get out of this course

Technology in the New Era.. 

The class intro to technology in the classroom, gives me the opportunity to be exposed to new information that are requirements in many schools across the country. Technology in the classrooms is something that is a reality for many children; therefore, parents and teachers need to be familiarized with all these new things. On the same note, I am a parent and I am also an educator and I have the need to be exposed to these things. For that reason, I am thankful that I am having the opportunity to learn as much as I can in this class. I hope that I can learn all the things that my professor will teach us and hopefully will inspire me to continue learning. As my professor said on the first day of class “Teacher are learners”. It is true that we can't teach something that we are not really good at. Therefore, I see this course as a possibility to be a better support for my students and my own children.

 It is important to grasp all the things that I will be exposed to. Education is learning and learning is a beautiful thing and the best thing to get better and better is by practicing. I am confident that at least so far I was able to submit my first blog entry. Now when I hear someone asking how to create a blog, I could guide them and that is a great feeling to have. As a result of that, I am excited for all the things that I will discover and learn in the next nine weeks.   

 

During my first day of class, the professor introduced us to different programs that we will be exposed to during the quarter. The beginning process was to create an account for each site. The first one was this one, so that I can learn to create a blog. The second one was Twitter ; then it was Diigo  and lastly was Voice Thread  I feel excited about all the things that I will learn and how these different sites will help me to improve my teaching skills.