Reflection on Integrated Technology

Blogging:
I feel like blogging was a great idea. I wrote all of the reviews in Word first, simply so I could organize them in the manner I felt was most appropriate. I then posted them on Blogger, and I think that this is a great technology to use. Children can type, therefore they can blog. By being able to set up privacy features, the children could respond to one another’s and participate in discussions on the web. I think this is a great idea, and I hope to one day have the opportunity to incorporate a similar task within my own classroom.
Wordle:
I think wordles are the coolest things! When we did them in class, I immediately knew that I wanted to do one for a book. I think that they are really fun and they help show kids the importance of the words you use. Without having full sentences, students see how one word choice can affect the entire meaning of the wordle. I really enjoyed using this, and it’s the technology I implemented with my student. I think the options that are open to you with this technology are limitless, and my student really enjoyed writing her reflection and posting it in Wordle.
Voicethread:
I enjoyed using this for the project we did for Dr. Jeffries. I think that some of the technology was difficult to use, because we struggled with the microphones sometimes and had to use the telephone connection and type responses. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed using the headphone microphones because I had never used one before. I think that with the proper set up, this technology can easily be implemented in a classroom and therefore can expand the technological advances our students make. I think with all the technology there is, Voicethread is one that’s really neat because students can see the efforts of their work and hear themselves speaking, which also improves verbal communication.