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I think this was one of the assignments I was dreading most. For some reason, I just never enjoyed creating and using wikis. I procrastinated doing this assignment and even when I set out to get it done, I had technological difficulties and in the end my wiki is quite simple, but I did it. I got over my fear and it is done. However, the good news is, that while I was searching for ideas, I did come across some very impressive looking wikis. I think part of my challenge is, where and when are…

Teaching today is kind of like acting. Children, at least young children are expecting a show. It is getting harder and harder to get away with traditional style of teaching. Today, it is all about the visual affects. Children want bells and whistles, they want to be amazed. I have been using youtube in my classroom more and more in my class and I am always thinking of new and improved ways to wow our students. This week I used Animoto for the first time. I was always intimidated by these…

Social networking has become the buzz in technology over the past few years. Teens have been using it for better or for worse and it has become the way to connect in the business world and the like. Teachers and educators are relatively new to the world, but the impact has already been profound. Over the past few weeks our educational technology class has created their own group via Edmoto and it became viral throughout the group. It was amazing to watch my peers interact with each other,…

Productivity tools are becoming an integral part of education and technology. Teachers are incorporating sites like Goolgle docs and Zoho in order to keep their classes organized and technologically savvy. Many teachers using sites like these cannot imagine life before google docs. Google docs and Zoho are wonderful tools for the upper grades, they allow for easy collaboration between students and teachers, make surveys a cinch and are fantastic for organization. For me, a First Grade…