This year

• How have you used technology to increase your knowledge in your content area?

I have found it very helpful for projects like the movie, and website projects for me to search the web to see what it out there. I was really impressed by what a plethora of material is available to those who will look for it. Therefore, if you know where to look there are lots of great websites where those teachers with more experience have explained how they use technology/cool assignments they have given.

• How have you used technology to collaborate with classmates?

We used the blog method for a while, and google reader (which was pretty cool), but I think that is something that I personally did not do too much. I feel like collaboration will be even more vital when I am actually in a working environment.

• How might you use technology in your classroom?

I would use technology to increase communication between students, parents, and me (the teacher). I would use it to help students get excited about the material we are covering. I would use it to give students assignments online (through a website/blog/movie project). Most importantly I would use technology to help link the information that I need to teach them with those things which are familiar and "cool" to them (technology).

• What did you learn in this class?

I learned that there is a lot more to being a teacher than just knowing about your subject. Presenting that knowledge to your students is a huge part of teaching. Therefore knowing about the technology out there to help you increase your options of presentation is quite vital.

• What will you use that you have learned in this class?

I think the thing that was most helpful to me was learning how to create a website. That is a tool which is essential for a teaching to know how to do. I also liked the fact that the way we did it was really trial and error. It taught me that even without a technology class to help me step by step, I can figure things out through trying it out. Simply learning that was extremely helpful.