How can I use the tecnology I learned in the classroom?

Last night we learned about zoho. This is a site where we can create our own questionnaires. I had so much fun exploring the options. I think it could be a helpful tool in any classroom. Creating a questionnaire for students can be benefical to the students and the teachers. For example; My daughter had to do a science project. Every student had to sign up for what they might be interested in researching. My daughter signed up for volcanos but really didn't know exactly what she wanted to do. It would have been helpful if she had a questionaire to fill out with questions about science projest's and what interests each child. Creating a questionaire would also be helpful to the teachers and students on the first day of school. Filling out a questionaire about who each child is and what interests them, then switching with partners can be a good way to get to know one another. There are so many uses for this site, and it seems easy to do. Hopefully it can help me in the future.

My visit to Colorado to visit my grandma.

I was absent on Thursday because I went to Colorado to visit my very sick grandma. She was hospitalized last week wit fluid in her lungs, failing liver, and was diagnosed with Congestive heart Failure. Let me go back a couple of weeks. The week school started, my uncle was killed in a drunk driving accident. This is the second son my grandmother has lost in two years. Her body just can not take much more. While planning for funeral arrangements, she became weak, and very sick, and it was apparent that she may not be hear much longer. I had to come and see her one last time. While in Colorado, I sat with her and talked to her about all the wonderful memories we've had together. During my stay, my grandma laughed, and had a good time. Her color came back, her oxygen levels increased, and she started to feel better. She kept telling me how much she loved me, and how blessed she has been. She is not afraid to die. She truly believes she is headed to a better place. she is at peace, and asks that i love her, but not to feel sad. She said, " Never lose the love in your heart, when you feel love, look in your heart and I will always be there." my grandma is an inspiration to me, she is kind and loving, and all things good in this world. I will miss her but this trip has helped me feel peace and thank God for my grandma. When I think of her, it will be of good times and I will smile.

What can we do with the tecnology we learned tonight?

Tonight in class we learned how to create a slide show using Picasso. This is really new to me but somehow I got through it. While I was putting pictures on Picasso, I thought about how fun it would be for children to create their own album using Picasso. I think it would be a fun project for children to learn. They could create a colouge of their favorite items. This is a great way to teach children how to browse the computer. It is also a good way for children to be creative. I think they would have so much fun with this project. We also learned how to text using pulleverywhere. More children today have cell phones. It would be fun to post a question, and ask the children to text their answer. How exciting would it be for their answers to come up on the board. It's a good way for children to express themselves without feeling the intense pressure. It is also up to todays tecnology and I think they would have fun, and learn. Isn't that our goal for our students?

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Shift Happens. Did You Know?

When I watched the U Tube video on Shift Happens, my first emotion was fear, and intimidation. As a parent, and future teacher, it scares me to know that our children are no longer socializing with one another, face to face, but rather communicating via text, e-mail, etc.... Our children/students are learning that the world is at their fingertips and they do not need to have self disipline, or patience. This generation is all about instant gradification. I think it is good to have all the information we do, within reach. It is convenient, it does save time, and it increases our knowledge. However, as a teacher I would like to teach critical thinking, problem solving, as well as impliment technology. It would be nice to have a happy medium. Technology is great, we all use it but socialization is crutial. Thank you, I have learned so much from this video.I plan to share it with my friends and family.

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One Sentence About Technology

Technology is very intimidating to me!!!!!!:)