This course has really expanded my thinking of how to incorporate technology in my classroom on an everyday basis. There are so many neat and useful tools out there that we just need to tap into. After implementing my GAME plan, I feel that the students enjoyed the real world applications that I brought into my classroom. On the days that I did project based and problem based instruction, the students were more engaged and focused over all. I overheard many students say that they could not believe the class was over already, that is a good thing… time flies when you are having fun, right?
I also made sure to incorporate citations for all my resources I used on my newly developed lessons. The students asked at first what was written next to the pictures or text on my handouts, and I quickly explained that I was giving credit to the people that developed the pictures and/or lessons that I was using. I was pleasantly surprised that they even noticed the citations and this made me feel like it was a worthwhile endeavor.
After this course, I am super excited to use ZooBurst in my classroom. I plan on implementing the story book lesson that I wrote for my Unit plan right after winter break and I really think that the students will enjoy this project very much. I shared this cite with some language arts colleagues and they loved it as well… it is something that I think will be used by many different subjects in our building to help include reading across the content area.
I really feel that this course supported many of my technology implementations that I had started previously. I was happy to see how to use digital storytelling as well. I had heard so much about this concept, but I was unsure of what it actually was. I am looking forward to using these tools and so are my students.
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