Last but not least...

I feel that EDF310 has been an interesting course and that all future educators should be required to take it. It is beneficial in many of ways and can be a helpful tool for teachers. I was not familiar with blogging in general and after creating my own blogs and analyzing others, I was able to get a deeper understanding of blogging and its advantages. After taking this course, I now know how to create a class blog of my own. I think that having a class blog is a great way to get students as well as parents involved in the learning process. It also enables teachers and students to follow other class blogs not only around the country but around the world. Teachers can get ideas from each other and incorporate them into their own classrooms. I also was introduced to ALEX which will be extremely helpful when I enter my career as a teacher.

I found the google presentations to be useful in getting to know fellow classmates. It was a fun activity and at the same time, I was learning how to use google and all it has to offer. I didn't realize google had so many functions and tools. Using google docs makes it so much easier to share your material with others with how you simply post and share your information. I enjoyed the pod casts as well, although when wanting to actually listen to them, it sometimes took way too long for them to load. Overall, I have enjoyed this class and will bring what I have learned into my future classroom. With technology constantly changing and becoming so useful in our world,I believe it is crucial for teachers to know how to use it, and for them to educate their students on it as well.

Texting Away Your Education

I understand teachers becoming frustrated with students for using their cell phones during class. I don't however believe it is becoming detrimental to their education. We somehow need to get the parents involved or make the no texting during certain hours feature a mandatory rule during school hours. During the school day, students should not be on their cell phones but I think it is highly unrealistic to try and enforce parents to dispose of the texting feature on their children's' cell phones. I read an article on this not too long ago and studies show that texting does not affect students' writing abilities or any other subject material. They know when to switch modes and when writing a paper, they should write in a formal way. If we want to accept it and bring new technologies into the classroom we can't take away features like text messaging away from the students. We must embrace this new technology but set limits on and prohibit the use of it at certain times while in school.