ICP Reflection

I am pleased to have completed the final project about Combining Technology with the 6 C's. I felt my presentation was well organized and had appropriate structure. I opened the presentation by tapping into the classes’ prior knowledge about motivation and built on that by trying to have the students identify the 6 C’s of motivation. I developed the project by identifying the 6 C’s and discussing how connecting content to technology could be a 7th C. The students had to use the information provided and provide examples of activities they do in the classroom that used at least one of the C’s. These activities promoted interaction and active participation. If there had been more sufficient time I would have broken the class into groups and had them complete the activity together, forcing more accountability then just a few students responding. I wrapped it up with any questions and comments. I stayed within the allotted time and tried to avoid “death by PowerPoint” as I used limited text on slides and incorporated sound and relevant images.

Bon au revoir

Goodbye to the class, but not to what we have learned. I appreciate having Monday evenings free now, but I take away a great deal of knowledge. I graduated from NYIT with a masters in Instructional Technology in May 2006 and took inservices to stay up to date with technology, so I always felt rather tech savvy. This class made me aware of how fast the digital world is changing and how many new tools are available that I did not know how to use and didn't know even existed. I was very overwhelmed in the beginning and gradually became more comfortable with Web 2.0 tools, a term I had never even heard of. I appreciate that technology has shifted to becoming more interactive and collaborative.

I was exposed to so many new applications: blogs, wikis, podcasts, gliffy, slideshare, slideboom, sliderocket, social networks, photo sharing, twitter, moodle, wizig, elluminate, etc. This is the first time I have ever had a blog and certainly never considered using blogging in my classroom. I like that blogging can enhance classroom collaboration and communication and give students more purpose to their writing as peers have the availability to read and comment on entries. I love being able to upload PPT presentations to the web using slideboom or slideshare to access them from any Internet source and to easily share with colleagues. I particularly liked creating the digital story and I see great value in having my students create one. I think Movie Make is a powerful tool that allows students to be creative and motivates them as they write about something relative to them and for a wider audience. It is also a practical and meaningful way to learn new technology. I apprectiate being updated and brought into the world of Web 2.0 and look forward to using many of the new tools with my students.