- Create my own blog
- Expanding my Personal Learning Network
- Produce a video
- Create my own website and digital portfolio
- Experiment with many different programs and websites
As I move forward in my teaching career there are a number of things I can take with me from this course. I feel it is important to implement the technology we know about into our classrooms as we learn more about it. Technology is already a big part of education and is going to become more significant in our future years as teachers. It is important to keep up with this technology because one day down the road everything in the classroom may revolve around it as much already does. A great way to keep up with technology and learn new exciting ideas on how to use it is attending professional development on it. Although I will never use every site and program we have talked about in this class there are definitely specific ones such as Weebly, Twitter, Blogspot, Ivideo, Google Docs and Smart Notebook which I am already using often and seeing the many benefits and opportunities off. I plan on using Smart Notebook and Smart Board Exchange in my upcoming student teaching placement. A quote to end of this summary is "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing" by Richard Branson. This quote I feel sums up what we have done in this course by experimenting and actually using different programs and website we have learned about their positives and how to operate them. Although we may feel uncomfortable at the beginning about using a new application or form of technology the best way to get more comfortable and learn more about it is by doing and use the technology which we have at hand. Learning by doing is key when it comes to technology.
Thanks everyone for reading my blog through out the past couple of months and this course. Hopefully I have provided you with some of my ideas and the benefits about technology we have used in ICT for Educators. Good luck to all fellow BU Education Students in their upcoming teaching placements. Hope everyone has a great spring.
James Edwards
