The End Of Things As We Know It!
I particularly loved the Animoto and smiley generators. I
also loved learning about all google has to offer. We have a computer at home
that doesn’t have Word on it so finding that you could save documents on the
google drive and documents stuff was an amazing find.
I would have never Blogged outside of this program. I now
want to start a special education blog where I create and facilitate a
community of educator who are all reaching for the same goals for their
students. I want to establish a place where we can supply and support each
other’s success in the classroom.
I did not expect to learn new things (I’m using that term
loosely). I honestly thought that what I already knew would help me slide by
without much work having to be done. I was VERY wrong. The work wasn’t hard but
it was new. I had to learn about never web tools that I had never explored
before, some I LOVED and some I didn’t. Everything was a learning experience. I
never expected to find tools I believe I can’t live without now.
I think the best thing the teacher could have done was to
have the quarter due dates for the things and livetext exercises. Don’t change
that! It kept me on target. I think the class would have been better to have
the web quest done first. The web quest is very involved and we are squeezing
it into the end of the semester when a million other things are due. It would
have been nice to have the drawing or PowerPoint only at the end to finish.
I have new tools to bring to my classroom. This class has
shown me how to teach to multiple learning styles. It creates hands on environment
and it creates a better way to organize your class and parents.
I actually am going to create a new blog and have it focus
specifically on working with special needs students. I want to have hyperlinks
to resources with scientifically based practices. I want input and critique
from peers on effective teaching methods. I never want my classroom to be
boring and out of date. I want to pursue being a web 2.0er.
