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What specific technologies did you learn about this semester that you think will be valuable in your future classroom (or other place of employment)? Why will these specific technologies be valuable?

This semester I learned so many different technologies and software, that before this class I had no idea even existed. I was so in over my head when I first started this class. I thought I was going to fail the class because I had no idea what Mrs. McCauley was talking about. Now at the end of the semester I feel so much more educated about how to work my computer and I feel I can do anything. My favorite technologies that we learned this semester were the Smart Board lesson Plan, the Blog, and the powerpoint project. I really liked the Smart Board because before this class I have never seen a Smart Board and they are really so interactive and they can be used for so many things. I think students would be more involved in the lesson and pay more attention. Also I enjoyed the blog because in High School we never really made one and actually communicated with our peers. I think this could be really useful for my classroom because it allows me and the parents to chat and if they have questions they can ask me on that, or mainly just communicating with the students/parents because I will only be teaching (K-3). Lastly I really enjoyed the powerpoint project. I really liked this project because although we have done many powerpoints in our lifetime, I learned so many things that I had no idea were on powerpoint. I could use powerpoint in the future to make lesson plans and its another fun way for my students to interact in the lesson plan.

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Do you think you would use blogging in your future classroom? Why or why not?

    Before this ETPT class I have never even dealt with a blog. In high school we may have created an account but we never interacted with our fellow classmates the way we do now. I always thought they were a waste of time and no one would care about my blog. After this class I have a whole new prospective of blogs, and I would actually use them in my classroom. I would use them because I think they give students the ability to learn different technology skills and also I think they allow students to interact and learn things they might not already know about each other. 

     After watching the video "Why Let Our Students Blog" and reading the article "Objectives and Guidelines for Safe and Responsible Blogging" I think it is really important that students use a blog.  I think it is a very useful and effective social networking site, because it can be educational and informing for the other students. 

    For being an Early childhood teacher I can use this blog to interact with students and there parents and also we can use it as a form of communication if a parent has a problem. I can also use it as parents and students linking homework and they can send it through the blog if they are ready to turn something in that we don't do in class.