Technology is being used more and more everyday in the classroom. I will definitely use technology in my classroom to teach my students. Smarts boards, iTunes, youtube, Google Earth, and Google Docs will all be a part of my teaching philosophy. Google is perfect to use, because it's free and convenient. There are so many different ways I can use google in the classroom. Smart baords are something that I want to learn more about. I feel that it's neccessary for all teachers to learn how to use a smart baord.
iTunes is another convient way to teach your students. I will use iTunes and iTunesU to show podcast and videocast to my class. iTunes provides alot of information that can be helpful for any age student. Podcast and videocast are not only found in iTunes, but they can be found on peoples blogs all around the world. This is a great way to show your class how other societies focus on school around the way.
Blogging is also going to be used in my classroom. When I first started blogging I didn't understand the meaning of it, but I now realize you can learn from other peoples blogs while they get ideas from what you post. I will have my students blog about different assignments and share each others ideas. This will be a great way to share ideas with classmates and other students around the world.
Technology will be the way to get my students involved like they never imagined. This semester has cetainly done that for me. I never thought that I would be blogging and actually learning from other peoples blogs. I want to be able to provide my students with positive experiences and technology will provide me with some opportunites for them. Technology is always changing and I'm willing to keep up the pace to stay with the new technological advances. In my opinion I need to be willing to learn at all times to be a successful teacher.
A bit about me...
I am a student at the University of South Alabama and I am majoring in physical education. I am planning on getting my bachelors degree and later finishing my master's after I find a job in the school system. I started my college education in 2006 at Alabama Southern Community College before transfering to the University of South Alabama. I recommend attending a community college before going to a University. It made it so much easier for me to get my basics out of the way and finished. I work part time at a bicycle shop called Cadence 120 which is across the street from South Alabama.
