TOOL #11

OMG I feel sooooo relieved that I was able to complete these activities and successfully passed the test!   My favorite tools that I learned about are blogs because I would like to incorportate them in my book clubs.    By completing this staff development and watching my own two children use their itouches and computers this summer, I will admit that I do have a new appreciation for how children learn and pay better attention to their learning when they are using a form or technology.  They seem to engage longer and come up with great ideas to share their knowledge.  As a result, I will certianly be more open minded when I ask students to present information to the class.  And it is my understanding that the group of students coming into 5th grade will have very strong technolgy skills to teach me a few more tricks!  I think the most unexpected outcome for me was realizing my lack of knowledge and my high level of frustration I felt when I first started this journey.  However, I feel much more confident that I can try something new even if it is as simple as help my eight year old set-up his new itouch accounts.  :-)