Technology Course Reflection

Throughout this class, I have learned about many great technology tools that I can utilize in my classroom and in the future as an administrator. Technology is a beautiful thing and has the ability to promote active engagement with not only students, but teachers and faculty members too. I plan to choose a few of my favorite tools we discussed through this course and learn more about them to eventually share with my colleagues and students. One of my favorite parts of this course was the Web 2.0 Presentations. I loved listening to my classmates share their tool and their ideas of how to use these in a classroom. I have already began using many of the tools that were shared. I am grateful that I had the opportunity to learn more about technology with Mrs. Sullivan during this course. I feel that I am now better prepared to use technology effectively in my classroom and take my students learning to the next level.

Utilizing Google +

I have really enjoyed learning about Google+ and its features throughout this week. Many of them will be very useful to me as a teacher and future administrator. It is a great tool for collaboration and staying organized. This week I worked with some of my classmates in Dr. Davis' Finance class  and used Google Docs . We worked together using Google Docs to complete both our assigned study guide and final exam. We were assigned 100 questions, so during class we created a Google Doc and each member of the group collaborated to answer the questions. It was very convenient to have real-time updates to catch each others typos. During the process of completing these assignments we had the ability to highlight any questions that we were unsure of so that the other group members could review the question. We also used Google Hangout to review our answers before our final exam and to make sure that we had covered all the questions we were unsure of. I am looking forward to using the Google+ tools in the future t help me collaborate with my colleagues and stay organized!