Judy+Scaro

Judy Scaro 

Day 1 Questions
 [|clonge] about 10 hours ago 1. List the name of your favorite Web 2.0 tool from today's class. Describe why you liked the tool and how you would use it in your class.  I really love the Google Suite but knew quite a bit about it before I got here. The things that I really got charged up about yesterday was twitter and pinterest. I had heard about them forever but never really understood how they could benefit you professionally and now I have a much better understanding. I will continue to explore each to try to narrow down which one I'd prefer to use as I cannot see finding enough time to do both.   I also really like Today's Meeting as a way for the kids to interact with each other in a group project way or like someone suggested having a fun quick answers to questions sessions.   2. Regarding technology in your classroom, school and/or district, do you feel like you are keeping up?  No, as an integrator it can be overwhelming to try to find the most efficient and easiest to use tools for whatever projects I'm working with teachers to implement.

Is it important? VERY, I am very conscious of the fact that the teachers don't have tons of time to spend on either the evaluation or the set up of new technologies and yet most of them really see the value of using tech to enhance the educational experience of the students. I therefore have all my ducks in a row when I meet with them and sometimes technologies and especially new ones, can make that very challenging.

What do you think your students are thinking about technology at home/at school? What are your thoughts?  I think students as a whole are more comfortable with tech than the teachers and staff. I try to emphasis to staff that if you run into trouble ask the students, it empowers them and helps you out. They also, in my opinion, see technology as the paper and pencil of their educational experience much more so than the instructors do. This is not to say that it does not enhance their education it certainly does, but the students are not always as excited about a new piece of technology as the teachers are.  3. Do you have any questions about anything we did today? Please list them and/or bring them up in class. I would like to play with the features of Youtube, Quiettube, Tubechop and the editing features in Youtube <span style="background-color: #fbf9f7; display: block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <span style="background-color: #fbf9f7; display: block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> What do you want to be sure to learn during the rest of the course? <span style="background-color: #fbf9f7; display: block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <span style="background-color: #fbf9f7; display: block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">