As a teacher in today's technological world I know how important it is to use computers on a regular basis. The challenge is to use technology effectively to enhance education. I would like to incorporate technology in my daily lessons and teach my student's that computer skills are important for more than surfing the internet and updating your Facebook. I would definitely use Google Docs to create PowerPoint presentations for my students and teach them how to use PowerPoint features to make their presentations interactive.
I would also like to use some kind of Podcasting to help my students review lectures and also when they are absent they can just pull the podcast up for the day they missed. I would also like to create a blog for my class. Students can comment on it and also parents can go to the blog and interactively comment and see what we are accomplishing in our class assignments, field trips, etc.
Finally I would encourage my students to blog with other kids their age, especially from other countries around the world. I think it is important for my students to see how other cultures live and what foreign students are learning in thier curriculum. My sixth grader really enjoyed this part of my blog and started to comment herself!
I hope to use these tools successfully in my future classrooms. I feel my students will learn to use these tools along with me and I'm sure surpass my skills in no time.
