Three weeks go by rather quickly. You can either spend them, use them or waste them. In the last three weeks I have used my time in an efficient way, I have improved my classroom technological skills. I remember the first day of class, I was rather intimidated of technology in general. I did not realize that technology is not the future for our students, it is not an option that they will need later.
It is their present and as an educator I feel responsible to incorporate technology in my lessons in order to prepare them to compete in a global economy.
Some technology that I found interesting in class is the Voicethread because I found it useful and creative way to request responses from students. I teach ESL and must concentrate in the four domains of language development: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Therefore I am constantly in search for creative ways to incorporate venues that allow my students to develop these areas. Flipgrid was also an interesting way to assess speaking and allow my students to feel comfortable speaking into the microphone. This would be essential practice to get them to experience answering questions and editing their speech and responses before submitting their answers.
Finally, I learned a great deal and feel I have definitely learned because I perform more technological tasks with ease. I feel comfortable making mistakes and learning from them in technology.
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