Throughout the course of the semester, I have been introduced to many different kinds of technology, that I can potentially use in my future classroom, and I can thank CEP 416 for this! I really enjoyed this course and playing around with many different types of technology. One of my favorite technologies that I have learned about this semester is Weebly, which I used to create my online portfolio. Weebly is an awesome, and easy to use tool that you can use to create a website. There are some advanced features that you have to pay for, but most of the features are free! This is definitely a tool that I will use in my classroom.
Another technology that I found very useful was Delicious. Before this course, I did not know what Delicious was, but I think that it can be very useful when teaching, especially if you team teach. Next year, in my student teaching placement, I know I will be working very closely with another third grade teacher, and another intern, because my CT team teaches with her. I think this will be a great way to incorporate technology into our lesson planning because your Delicious bookmarks can easily be shared with others! I have been using Delicious all semester, not only to bookmark educational sites, but sites for my other classes, wedding planning, scholarships, and my study abroad resources. I think that I will be using this technology next year and into my teaching career!
Aside from my favorite technologies that I have learned about throughout this course, I really like the way that CEP 416 is set up, where you have tasks to complete each week, and you are able to view your classmate's work. I thought that this was very helpful, especially early on in the course, when I was unsure of what to do. I also think that the Facebook group and Twitter hashtag was useful because not only was it another way that I could see my classmate's work, but it was a way to get a hold of Sara, my instructor. Normally, with an online course, you communicate with your teacher through email, and that's it. But with CEP 416, Sara was available though email, Facebook, Twitter, and Skype! It was great to just be able to Tweet Sara when I had a quick question, rather than write an email, and wait for a response! Overall, I really enjoyed the course, learned a lot, and plan on incorporating many elements of the course into my own teaching!
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