Originally I found this course extremely frustrating. As a non-tech-savvy teacher I was hesitant to incorporate the projects learned in this course to lessons in the classrooms. Midway through the course my attitude changed drastically. As I have seen the Smart Board technology incorporated into the classroom beginning in Kindergarten all the way into high school courses I have seen how interactive technology can be. As well as, how interested, intrigued and excited the students are to actually interact with the technology. That was the main reason my attitude towards incorporating technology into the classroom - student interest.
Podcasts have been particularly useful in creating. In Kindergarten and 1st grade, listening to stories are popular and an efficient way to learning letters, letter sounds, and recognizing text. Many classrooms still use book on tape and the tape players are Ancient. A perfect example is when a teacher wants to edit a book and leave parts out. For instance, learning about holidays around the world - leaving religious views surrounding these holidays are critical in a public school system. Creating a podcast allows you to record a text and purposely leave out specific parts that you do not want to children to hear.
This course has also opened my eyes to many different teacher resources which I will use in my classroom such as BrainPop, Wordle, and other teacher blogs. Just an awareness of these resources that we are exposed to in the course has been extremely helpful.
Podcasts have been particularly useful in creating. In Kindergarten and 1st grade, listening to stories are popular and an efficient way to learning letters, letter sounds, and recognizing text. Many classrooms still use book on tape and the tape players are Ancient. A perfect example is when a teacher wants to edit a book and leave parts out. For instance, learning about holidays around the world - leaving religious views surrounding these holidays are critical in a public school system. Creating a podcast allows you to record a text and purposely leave out specific parts that you do not want to children to hear.
This course has also opened my eyes to many different teacher resources which I will use in my classroom such as BrainPop, Wordle, and other teacher blogs. Just an awareness of these resources that we are exposed to in the course has been extremely helpful.
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