Google Hangout 2/26 & 2/27 Report

During our Google Hangout the past two days, Meagan, Heather and I found various resources that would act as tools to the teaching world. Luckily we are all online graduate students so doing Google Hangout came fairly easy to us. This allowed us the time to prepare our presentation over the NETS and combine our creativity in lesson planning to come up with a few stellar lesson plan ideas. We spent 1.5 hours on the 26th researching the NETS again and beginning our presentation over standard #3. The second day we also met from 6:30 pm and ended around 8:00 pm. During this time we figured out ways to implement this into the classroom in a way that would both "WOW" an administrator, but more importantly assist our students' learning. Below is a link to our presentation. Feel free to steal or borrow any of the ideas and adapt them to meet your classroom needs.

Technology...Ugh. Or is it?

I know that technology is not always embraced by educators now days. Many times it's because it can be difficult, unpredictable and seen as a disruption in the classroom. With that being said, it's inevitable. Technology is a crucial part of our society and a major form of communication for future generations. Various apps, software, websites and devices can be used as teaching aids opposed to disruptions. Coming from someone who is not technologically savvy by any means, I hope this blog not only helps me compile tricks of the trade and ways to implement technology into the classroom effectively, but also acts as a resource for other teachers in the future. Have fun and explore!