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.