Alex and Katie started off class with a great presentation on Chapter 4 and showed many resources that we can use to incorporate writing in the classroom. Gliffy and Polleverywhere were two of my favorite tools that we saw today. My freshman year, when I took Intro to Educational Technology, we used Gliffy. Back then I was not impressed with the tool but I believe it has been improved tremendously over the past year or so. I love reading and hearing how we can use technology in other subject areas and will make a conscious effort to do this in the future.
Parentella is a cool tool that Jordyn introduced. This is a very useful tool and is closely related to my inquiry topic (the home-school connection). I definitely plan on researching and becoming more familiar with this site and others that are similar.
Am I or are you addicted to the internet? I sure hope not! Today we learned about internet addictions and discussed if they are a problem. We can waste so much time doing mindless things on the internet. I myself even spend too much time on sites like Facebook when I could be looking on useful information. The internet is a very useful tool and has helped our society in many ways. We just need to be careful what we are actually using the internet for. I like the point Katie made about being addicted to "something" not just the internet.
We also talked a little more about podcasts and learned about Garage Band. I'm glad I finished mine already and I will be blogging about the experience soon!
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