I have learned to use so many new tools such as Google products, Blogger, Voicethread, Voki, Animoto, Padlet, Storyboard, just to name a few! I definitely plan on incorporating more of these digital tools into my teaching.
For next year, the two biggest changes that I plan on making is using Blogger to create a classroom blog for communication with parents, and participating in the Global Read Aloud. I know that both of these changes will enhance student learning in so many ways.
Technology can be daunting and overwhelming, even for those who are pretty tech-savvy. I promise you, though, that by taking baby steps and trying out some of the digital tools I have mentioned in this blog, you will slowly but surely grow to love and appreciate the benefits of using technology in your classroom.
As a final reflection for this course, I have created this word cloud using Tagxedo based on all of the words that I have used in this blog so far. You will notice "classroom", "technology", "share", "students", "creating", and "teacher" are some of the most frequently used (and most important) words so far...
Your tagxedo came out beautiful! I also made one as my reflection, I love that you can type in the blog url and have the words generated for you.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jenn, this is beautiful! Remember when Wordle was all the rage? Well I LOVE Tagxedo because you can put the words into a shape like you have done here. At the beginning of the year this year I put all my students' names into the shape of an elephant, because that is our mascot. I made them each a small one on card stock and gave it to them as a bookmark, The kids loved it! Perhaps if your school's mascot is a featured shape, you could do the same! Great job as always, Miss Larson!
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