Jami's Week 6 Post

New Technologies

In class today we did many projects that involved new technologies. To be honest I got very bored with this exploration. That is probably because I am already familiar with many of the technologies discussed. I did want to work more with skype because it is something that I hear a great deal about and a tool that seems to be very useful. Being that I am doing the Chicago internship I think skype is something I will be using quite a bit. I did enjoy some of the activities such as the comic strips and how to make those, but other than that I felt it was a waste of time.

For my project I want to focus on social literacy. I am planning to make a website and include links to other resources. I may also use a WIKI, but that depends on how I am about to fit it in. I am also thinking about creating a digital story and placing that into my webpage. Digital stories are very fun for students and at the same time very informational.

Veronica's Comment: I can understand how you may have gotten bored with the exploration of the new technologies because we "really" didn't know how we would be using them to correlate them with our new literacy project. If the assignment was first explained, we would have time to think about which technology best fit the literacy we wanted to work with. Going through technologies seemed to be pointless in the sense we had no clue how we could make it connect with our literacy. As we explored the new technologies, I thought about Math class and how important it is to allow students to "play" or explore with the manipulative's that will be used this way they will focus better for the lesson, since they have gotten out a natural inclination. Maybe this was Judy's way for us to explore?

You have great ideas for your project! You seem to be very much computer savvy, can't wait to learn about it ALL- I need it! :) ( Becoming more computer savvy!)