Workshop Eight Blog

· What teaching strategies used during this course compliment integration of technology?

Our various assignments, like summarizing the chapters using presentation software, creating curriculum and teacher’s webpages are just a few of the many things we did that forced us to utilize technology in our coursework.

· How do you personally define technology integration after completing this course?

Technology integration is utilizing technology in the classroom to enhance teaching, motivate students, and to bring the world to the classroom.

Workshop Seven Blog

· Reflect on the skills used as a result of your learning so far that you are applying to promote an effective method of applying the modern instructional technology and producing instructional media and aids into teaching.

In looking back on this course and the concepts we have discussed, I think the majority of what I’m getting out of this is more awareness. I can’t say I’ve learned new “skills” because before this course I knew my way around computers and technology, but I think now I’m more aware of how technology can and will continue to be useful. I do have more ideas of how to utilize the technology that is available. I do want to utilize online simulations more as I teach math that

· What do you expect are the students’ affective outcomes from using these forms of technology?

Students will be able to visualize how math can be applied to real-life situations. I think that the more exposure to good resources on the internet, the better our students will become in analyzing sources of information.