Friday, August 6, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Final Blog
In the beginning of this course, I dreaded every assignment. I have never heard of any of these tools or websites and to be honest i cried a lot because the instructions seemed a little vague to me. I couldn't figure out exactly what the teacher wanted, but then i figured out that what he wanted was for us to just become familiar with all these tools and gadgets. Perfection and cool effects can come later, before you learn any of the fancy stuff you have to have the basics down, right?
I enjoyed watching the youtube videos a lot more than I thought I would. My favorites are still the 20 minute speech about creativity and the last lecture. I also like "The Lost Generation" video a lot because it reminded me of the hope and future I want all young people to chase after.
Despite disdaining a lot of the assigned work in this class, in the end, I realized I wouldn't be a good teacher to anyone if I, myself, wasn't a teachable person. I want to help teach people about Yeshua all the time, I'd be a hypocrite if I wasn't willing to learn myself. I didn't understand the need to know all this computer stuff. But most people don't feel the need to learn about their Messiah either. In the end we can see the reasoning why we went through all this stuff. In the end, we all need a Savior and in the end I needed to learn this stuff to use for His kingdom. There are a lot of people who live in the world of blogs and internet networks. I want to reach them too.
I've been playing with a few of the tools I learned about in this class. And I'm beginning to like to use them a lot. I appreciate them a lot more now than I did in the beginning of this class. I'm still not for a no-text book classroom and virtual homework assignments. But I do know that incorporating these tools in my future classroom is necessary. I don't go against the flow for argument's sake. But I don't fault myself or other teachers who truly want to instill other values into their students that don't have anything to do with technology. Technology isn't the answer to everything and I don't want young people growing up believing that lie. I'm not saying it's not useful. It's very useful and people can do and create many things with it. But in the end, a screen isn't a replacement for a true flesh and blood companion. Despite all these networks loneliness and depression are still at an all-time high. What am I supposed to teach teenagers about that aspect?
I don't hate technology; I use it every day. And now thanks to this class, I can use it more effectively. But no matter how many techniques I learn to keep up with the information age, my heart won't ever be convinced that technology is the answer to everything.
I enjoyed watching the youtube videos a lot more than I thought I would. My favorites are still the 20 minute speech about creativity and the last lecture. I also like "The Lost Generation" video a lot because it reminded me of the hope and future I want all young people to chase after.
Despite disdaining a lot of the assigned work in this class, in the end, I realized I wouldn't be a good teacher to anyone if I, myself, wasn't a teachable person. I want to help teach people about Yeshua all the time, I'd be a hypocrite if I wasn't willing to learn myself. I didn't understand the need to know all this computer stuff. But most people don't feel the need to learn about their Messiah either. In the end we can see the reasoning why we went through all this stuff. In the end, we all need a Savior and in the end I needed to learn this stuff to use for His kingdom. There are a lot of people who live in the world of blogs and internet networks. I want to reach them too.
I've been playing with a few of the tools I learned about in this class. And I'm beginning to like to use them a lot. I appreciate them a lot more now than I did in the beginning of this class. I'm still not for a no-text book classroom and virtual homework assignments. But I do know that incorporating these tools in my future classroom is necessary. I don't go against the flow for argument's sake. But I don't fault myself or other teachers who truly want to instill other values into their students that don't have anything to do with technology. Technology isn't the answer to everything and I don't want young people growing up believing that lie. I'm not saying it's not useful. It's very useful and people can do and create many things with it. But in the end, a screen isn't a replacement for a true flesh and blood companion. Despite all these networks loneliness and depression are still at an all-time high. What am I supposed to teach teenagers about that aspect?
I don't hate technology; I use it every day. And now thanks to this class, I can use it more effectively. But no matter how many techniques I learn to keep up with the information age, my heart won't ever be convinced that technology is the answer to everything.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
My PLN
I used Symbaloo to do my PLN. It's really easy to use one you get the pattern down and you have lots of rooms for lots of sites.
CliCk HeRe to StArT your OwN PLN wiTH SyMBalOO
CliCk HeRe to StArT your OwN PLN wiTH SyMBalOO
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