Technology Reflection

During this class I discovered that technology has really grown from when I was in elementary school. There is so many cool things that we can use as teachers to help students grow. The coolest thing that we worked with is the smart board. There are endless things that you can use on the smart board to enhance your lesson. I hope that one day that I have a smart board to work with. It is very interactive. Another thing we discussed in class is apps and applets. I realized that is an app for everything! I will definitely use apps when I am a teacher. Apps and applets allow for students to deepen their understanding through interactive games and supports. It is another more fun way for students to learn a concept rather than using paper and pencil. We used prezi, jing, and videos in the class. These are also nice things to use in the class. As a teacher I could create an interactive prezi with a voice recording like our first project to show to the class. It would be something differernt than just lecturing a class. Videos are also fun projects for students to create and use their creative and artistic abilities. It would show students understand a topic through video presentation. Calculators are also a nice technology to have in the classroom. Although, I would not have students use calculators until students knew how to do a problem and be able to explain how to do it. Calculators are convenient to use and most everyone has one on their cell phone. It is important that students learn how to use a calculator.