Week one of my Tech 533 class was an eye opener, in a positive way. I realized that I am actually pretty technologically above average. This is great coming from a guy who has had only 2 cell phones in his life, neither of which is connected to the internet, they are just phones. I just started texting 3 years ago. My confidence came with the Technology literacy checklist. I checked "yes" on all but 2. The two I didn't check, I now can use and have used them. Enough patting my self on the back. I did learn a lot about Wikis. I just thought Wikis was wikipedia, little did I know it has a broad range of resources.

I learned with Nets how collaboration with colleagues and students with technology. In my class, through my ready of NETS, I'm going to have the students introduce their own technology they think could be educational in our class. It could be an IPAD, IPOD, Cellphone, Website or anything technological. Their assignment is to present their technology in a beneficial way for our class. I believe this will spark interest in all students and can be productive for me in future class lessons. The trouble with this idea could be that the students will use the technology they have to play games, text/chat, or do other things not relevant to the task at hand. To remedy this method, I need to have trust and monitor as best i can with a questionnaire about each students project introduction.

The text exploration on tumblebooks and TikaTok were very beneficial to all students. This is an perfect for a special education teacher whose students have reading and writing deficiencies. I think the website is a built accommodation to bridge gaps for special needs children. I plan to use these sights starting the next school year in my classroom.


On to Lesson 2