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.
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