Technology+Reflections.

This semester in EIPT 3043 we have been exposed to many different types of technologies. It wasn't difficult most of the time because I am familiar with MAC computers. However, I still learned a lot this semester.

 __Smart Board:__ The smartboard project was very useful to me because I feel that I will definitely need to know how to successfully create smart board lessons that I can use in my classroom. The software is very user friendly. I did not have issues using smartboard/notebook, and this was probably my favorite project thus far. I could definitely see myself using the Shakespeare smartboard I created for class.

__Kidspiraton/Inspiration:__ This project was probably the easiest out of all the projects. The part that took the longest was writing the actual lesson plan and finding the correct PASS skills to meet the lesson plan requirements. I feel that kidspiration/inspiration is a tool in which I plan on using in the future. It is such a great tool for English classrooms because most students make some kind of map prior to writing anyway.

__Podcast:__ I felt that this project was the most tedious and the most time consuming. I like how it had to have introduction and transition music, which gave the podcast some "pazazz". I really enjoyed my podcast over Hamlet and it fit in well overall with my entire Wiki page. I agreed with your critic that I could have used a little more inflection in my voice and I remembered that for my TIP project.

__Imovie:__ For this project my group went around campus and video taped students who told us what they were going to do after graduation this Spring! The video-taping was not the hardest part at all, it was the editing. After the long process of uploading the video to the computer, we were able to begin editing. Afterwards, we added music and transitions to make the movie, a movie! I think it turned out great!

My favorite technology that we used was definitely the wikispace, however. I think this could be open a lot of doors for technology in the classroom. I love the idea of posting fun youtube videos for my students to watch without wasting classroom time. I also love the discussion function on wikispace. I could definitely see myself using this in my future class.