Week 10: My Final Reflection

These past 10 weeks have gone by so fast and I cannot believe how much I was able to learn from the technology course! There are so many new technology resources that I have gained from this course that I really want to use in my own teaching practice. To name a few that I really enjoyed Socrative, Kahoot, plickers, and class Dojo are all really great technology resources that I can see myself using in my own lessons. I always wanted to be able to incorporate a lot of technology in my class because I know students are really interested and motivated when technology is involved, however I didn't always know exactly how to do it. After this class it has shown me so many different and easy ways that you can incorporate technology into your everyday routines. Using class Dojo is a great tool for classroom management, while plickers is a really great way to use technology to gain assessment.

Fryer, S. (January 30, 2015) Classroom [Image]. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/2eTWzGG

In addition to these different resources I learned a lot more about Genius Hour! I have always been interested in Genius Hour and wanted to use it in my own classroom. After getting the opportunity to create my own Genius Hour project it gives me a much better understanding of Genius Hour and how great it can be to get students engaged. I found myself so engaged in the Genius Hour project that I did and therefore I know that it will do the same for my students. I also love how Genius Hour can motivate all students because they get to choose what they want to research about and learn about. When doing my own Genius Hour projects with my future students I definitely want to share my own experiences with making my own Genius Hour project to get them really interested in doing their own. Also, depending on the grade you are teaching Genius Hour can incorporate a lot of different types of technology like getting students to make their own videos just like we did. I really appreciate the knowledge that this course gave me and I know it will make my future classes so much better because I will be able to incorporate many different types of technology!!