Amy-->Reflection 3 and 4

Reflection 3:

Over the past couple of weeks we have been learning a lot about the different technologies that we could incorporate into our future classrooms. I think that it is important to integrate these technologies any way we can in order to help keep the students interested. It seems, to me, that many students get distracted very easily and by integrating tools like tablet pc’s and interactive whiteboards into the classroom it may be much easier to keep their attention for a longer period of time. Many new technologies can serve as a guide to help learn the harder material. Students could use technology like the internet to help them with a task he/she may be having trouble on. Tablet PC’s can be used by both the teacher and the student in order to produce work that is nice and organized. Overall, technology is an important tool that can and should be used by students inside and outside the classroom.

Reflection 4:

I am very excited to work on and manage my e-portfolio. However, it is still very confusing to me. I am not exactly sure what we need to fill out now and what we have to wait to fill out later (it seems like there are a lot of pages that we’ll fill out later, is that right?). I think that the e-portfolio will be a great tool to have while applying for teaching positions. It is a place where you can not only state your own opinions, but also have the opinions of your peers. Plus it is a great and easy way to organized! As for the blogs, I think that it is a great place to reflect and write about your specific thoughts and ideas.

Zach's Reflection Three and Four

3. On my reflections 1,I talked about the most common technologies that I've experienced in school. I also ranked the prior technology as far as how comfortable I felt with the technology. In reflection 2, I listed my top five technologies with the interactive whiteboard being my number one. I like the fact that with the interactive whiteboard you can use it in class so that everybody can see the work you are doing on the board, as well as have your students show their own work in front of the class. It gives them more of a way to interact with the other students by showing their strategies or explainations for solving the problems.

4. As far as my reflection on the E-Portfolio and the blogging, I am very intrigued by this E-Portfolio. While working on my portfolio, I found myself confused alot, but still very interested and curious about all the possibilities that I could do with web pages. In regards to blogging, all I really understand about this is that people do that on Wilkipedia where they can look up facts that other people have posted about a certain subject or topic. The other interesting trait is the ability to go in and edit people's blogs or add to their blog.

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