TPTE End of the Class Reflection

I think I really improved my technology knowledge over the course of this class. I was nervous about the content of this class, but now I feel very confident and have loved the resources that I have now to use in my future classroom. I especially like the way that we learned to use ActiveInspire. That was probably my most favorite project, because that program is so useful and will be a great resource to make my classroom more engaging and interactive to help my students learn. The class was reasonable in time and workload. I really felt like the teacher was resourceful and gave great explanations and example for every aspect of his lessons. The class is fun, because we learn more about technology, which is such a vital part of the learning generation nowadays. I also liked the ability to experience iMovie and Inspiration, it actually ended up helping me in a lot of my other classes, so I was able to create the projects in those class and exceed the expectations of those projects in other classes. I feel confident in my grasp of technology knowledge and am really excited about using it in my future classroom. Google Docs and increased knowledge of Google Drives has also been a useful resource in my other classes.

My classmates and I have been able to share ideas and class materials to interact and help each other in our classes. I loved that we made our classroom websites so that I can use them in my future, since communication is such a vital part of a successful classroom. The website will allow my students and their parents, know important knowledge about me, things going on in the school, and resources that are at their exposal to enhance their academic performance in my classroom as well as their future classrooms. This class has made me love technology and the resources that it includes, I am so excited to use it in my future classroom and learn more through practice and exploring with the programs.

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

Educational uses of digital storytelling gives a variety of options for students to listen to books or learn specific lessons with visual attributes instead of having to read actual words. With my interest in Special Education I will encounter multiple students with lower reading levels and low vision. Digital storytelling is a good resource to give an alternative for students to still engage with academic material and include themselves with their peers. The digital storytelling also provide multiple topics of interest and educational material that can not only be used in the classroom, but through out their daily lives. Digital storytelling is a good way to relay a message and make something that may not be entertaining or interesting to watch by a viewer. The digital storytelling creates a fun, interactive way to engage with literature and text. It also gives a way to access lessons or concepts through video and visual production. The pictures and voices make for an easy way for students to understand more difficult topics and concepts. I really plan on using this resource in my classroom and looking to the site for more educational uses of digital storytelling. The process that is completed to create a digital story needs to have multiple goals to engage viewers. The story should be entertaining, but informational, and should potentially have an educational goal to teach a lesson or about a topic.