Class+Reflection

a) What did the instructor do that helped you learn?

The instructor taught me educational techniques available for use through the internet, while they are free and safe for students. For example, I learned about the hundreds of Web2.0 tools available for teacher and student use to enhance learning, communication, and assessment. The teacher provided the class with various other internet websites available as resources for teachers and students to enhance learning opportunities. I learned teaching strategies and techniques available through technology that I had not known about prior to taking this course.

b) What changes would you recommend be made to this class when it is taught in the future? Please be candid - if improvements to the course need to be made, it's important for me to know what they are.

There was a Promethean board in the classroom, and I would have loved to explore it! There were Promethean boards in all of my education classes, but none of my teachers used them other than for PowerPoint presentations. If we are lucky enough to get one in our future classrooms, it would be useful for all preservice teachers to learn how to efficiently use them the way they were intended to be used. I think these have so much potential for learning!

c) How do you see yourself using what you learned in this class in your future classroom with students? Please describe specific activities, multimedia tools, software programs, homework assignments, readings, theoretical frameworks, online/in-class discussions, hands-on practices, and/or instructional approaches in this course you consider to be of the most benefit to you as a future teacher.

I feel many of the resources we were exposed to in the course can be used in the classroom to enhance learning. I loved the Web2.0 tools, and feel they are great for collaboration amongst teachers and students. The younger generations are technologically inclined, and so it is beneficial for teachers to build on students’ interests and strengths. I will be able to use the many interactive games and websites we were exposed to, such as BrainPOP and e-Bug; Google Earth and Prezi were also cool tools. There really were a large variety of great web resources I now know about, and feel they have so much potential for enhancing education in the classroom.

Any additional feedback on the class.

You gave us several great resources for our future teaching, Thanks!