Course Reflection

a)  The text for our class was very informative.  I am not a person who uses twitter a lot, but I felt like the authors made a lot of strong points that may have changed my mind on using twitter.  I definitely have a different outlook on creating a PLN on twitter and making an effort to produce more content. This class also taught me how to create content for my own classroom using different technological tools.  I got an opportunity to create things for my class that I might not have before.  Podcasts for students was also a new thing for me.  I feel like podcasts have become the "thing" to do and I wasn't aware that there were so many good ones for children.  This class met all of the goals listed in the syllabus, because we developed a variety of multimedia content.

b)  We worked with a lot of useful tools in this class.  I think I will use screen casting more in my classroom.  I will be able to show students exactly what I want them to do in a task and they can always go back and reference the information again.  I also enjoyed getting to work with Flipgrid.  I have heard a lot about it, but had never tried it.  The wheels are already turning on how I could use it with my first graders.

c)  Technology is definitely something that is already a serious part of my teaching.  I look forward to incorporating the new things I have learned throughout this course into my day to day teaching.  Some of the new things will make it easier to put ownership of learning in students hands and foster a more creative and collaborative learning environment for them. I plan to incorporate a podcast into my first grade classroom that I think my students will really enjoy.

Here is the link to my Flipgrid video: https://flipgrid.com/s/9c4491b18a84