Insights in Technology

     During my time in this class I am gaining a lot of insights in my technology class.  There are many things that we are doing that I have never done before and never thought I could do before.  One of those things is making a brochure,  I know you may be saying that everyone knows how to make a brochure, but I never knew the different design techniques to use so that it looks more fun, interesting, and professional.  The brochure that I made, I am hoping, can actually be used in the institution that I made it for. 

     The other insight that I have gained is the interactive power points.  I feel that these are very beneficial to students and their learning and also for my self as a teacher.  With interactive power points you can actually use that with your teaching in the sense that you can do the power points as a large group, small groups, and individual.  Interactive power points also make it possible for differential learning because it is another outlet for students to use to learn and because this way you can students going through the power point on the subject area that you are working on while you are working with another group of students that might not be at the stage where they can use the power points.  I also like the interactive power points because it actually engages students in learning because they have to interact with the lesson and that it is just not all reading from the teacher and going from slide to slide.

     Another insight of the technology class is the use of websites.  Particularly the delicious web site where you can bookmark all of the websites that you use on the site and then you can access that anywhere.  I think this is a good tool to have because you don't always do your work at your work computer sometimes you do it at home and when you put a website in there it is easier and quicker to access at work and it is also easier to share with other people.  The other website that I really like is something like Google Docs, Google Mail (or any kind of email where you can share things like the calendar feature).  These are great for a teacher because then you can set an account up for yourself, professionally, and put in all the events that are going on in the school, in your classroom, and in the community that will be beneficial to parents and send that to them so that they can follow their students and be more involved.

      There are many new insights that I have learned while in my technology class and these are just a few that I wanted to share that I thought were the most beneficial to me and my future career of becoming a teacher.