Thing #2

My son's 5th grade teacher this past year had a blog set up to communicate with parents about upcoming events and academics. I really loved it because I knew everything that was going on and coming up in his class. He even had the students blogging and doing podcasts at the end of the year. My son loved learning how to do all of these new technology types of things. I think blogs are a great way to get kids to interact and express themselves with others on academics. They are also super for being able to reflect on their own learning as well as writing. Kids are always willing to engage themselves when technology is involved.

I think teachers need to keep up with technology so that students can be actively engaged in learning in the classroom. Hands on learning is very important, but if teachers don't know how to work things on computers, how can they incorporate it into the classroom?

I am hoping that after this workshop, I will be able to engage my students with the use of technology in my classroom more effectively. Technology is what students of all ages are interested in so it is important for teachers to use it in their classroom.