Final Week

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Week 13

This was our last week in the school. I noticed that a lot of technology was available but not being used. It was a little disappointing. The kids all loved it when the technology was used and they would be intrigued with the lesson. I think technology should be used daily and should be used well.

The students in my class were all very proficient in using technology and I think it is sad to deprive them of not being able to use it.

Week 12

We taught our technology rich lesson this week for field. We had a WebQuest all ready to give them and we were ready to go. When we got down to the computer lab we found out that google sites is blocked from their computers. We had to think fast so we went back to the classroom used a laptop and did the WebQuest as a class. It wasn't as effective as a class but it still worked. This taught us a lot. Things will not always work as you expect them to and you need to come up with an alternative plan quickly. Everything ran smoothly for us because we acted quickly and came up with a plan. It worked out fine and the students got the lesson they needed to.

Week 11

This week we were in the schools. There was almost no technology used in the time we were there until Thursday. On Thursday they had computers. A technology teacher came in and brought the lab with her. Each student was able to use their own Mac laptop! There were 35 or 36 laptops so a class would easily have enough for each student. I noticed that the students were definitely told very carefully how to take care of the laptop. Each student hugged the laptop next to them while carrying it to their desk. I wasn't super impressed with what they did on the laptop. From what I noticed it was just a test that they could have done with pencil and paper. I wish they would show the students what a laptop can really do and let them have fun lessons with them instead of just having them take a test and then be done.

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Week 10

I loved learning how to do a WebQuest. It will be great to use in the classroom. I always love the idea of having the students learning and figuring things out for themselves instead of just handing information over to them. They will remember the information they find for a lot longer than if I just told them the answers to everything.

This weeks video was "We Didn't Start the Fire." It is a quick overview of pop culture. I think it would be really fun to use in a classroom but it was going too fast to teach anything from it. It was cool to see all the different things that happened and what people looked like but I had a hard time keeping up.

Week 9

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Week 8

Well we didn't have class this week and our homework was to print off our grades. So, there is not much to blog about. I suppose I could talk about the PDP. I thought it was interesting to do. It was a whole lot easier than I anticipated. I was kind of shocked by all the things they said we should know how to do to be a teacher... It seemed kind of above and beyond what most teachers know how to do now of days.

I thought this weeks video "Did you know 3.0" was very interesting. It is crazy how advanced we are how fast that advancement will be old news. We will see more technology come out in one day than most of the people that have ever lived ever dreamed about. We live in a very amazing time where we have so many opportunities.