What I have learned about technology...

Reflecting on my learning experience...
- Kidspiration/Inspiration software
- WebGrader
- Excel (small details that help organize documents more)
- PowerPoint Presentations (How to create games using the program; more creative clip-art, ect.)
- Box.net (Storage)
- MediaMax (Document storage device)
- Podcasting
- Blogger
- Google Docs
- Google Web Creator
- SMART Board
- Elmo
- Web 2.0 Tools
- Wiki Spaces

All of the items on this list are the programs /software that I learned to use throughout the course of this class. I know that I will be appreciative in knowing these functions so that I can use them when I begin teaching.

There were a lot of cases in which I would learn about something new about technology that I used the very next day when I went to Endeavour elementary in Mukilteo.
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YIKES!
I began this semester with quite a bit of fear and frustration in learning new technology and actually knowing how to use it. I have become much more confident in my abilities to use technology for it's intended purpose and feel that I will be able to use this to my advantage for future classes here at Northwest University as well as in my future classroom.

I am a very organized person and in many ways, learning the technology that we have been introduced to in this class, my life has been made easier!
Works Task Launcher is a program that we didn't actually discuss in class, but I challenged myself to using the templates that are designed to help people organize and plan. I really liked the features of this program and the calendar has been especially helpful!

How my knowledge of technology has changed by doing this project...
Well, to begin with, I would have never seen myself with the capabilities of creating a blog of my own and being able to actually put my personality and creativity into it, and I have. I also never would have seen myself being capable of creating a podcast and linking it to my page. In addition to being able to podcast I feel confident enough in myself, that i believe I would be able to walk someone through the steps that are required to be taken in order to record a podcast.

One aspect of my project consisted of converting a lesson plan that I created about rocks and minerals to Google Docs, so that my work could be available to the public and would have linkable sites. My lesson plan had two parts, including a PowerPoint presentation, which I was also able to create to a linkable site.

The one thing that I feel I have learned the most about ,throughout the course of this class, is the interactive whiteboard (SMART Board). I think that the activities and learning material that can be taught through using this very engaging tool, are limitless. I found it very rewarding to also successfully create a PowerPoint presentation that was also compatible with the features of the interactive white board! This lesson is actually posted on my blog if you would like to see, in more detail, what I mean.

I feel that the majority of what we learned in this class are now programs or software that I feel I could upgrade to the expert list. However, I want to learn more about podcasting and creating wikis.

THANK YOU PROFESSOR SORENSON!

Ps.. Professor Sorenson, you should check out this link...