Because I teach in a one-to-one laptop environment, I do not think my instructional practices will “change” greatly. But rather my variety of ways to integrate technology will expand to include the new activities we explored in this class. Like from my prior class, Wikis, Blogs and Podcasts, I now have more “weapons” to my teaching tools and technology options. I plan to use the Voice Thread tool (particularly with the doodle feature) and Blogging with my second quarter units on Force and Motion and Chemistry units on Atoms and Bonding.
As I prefect the art of integrating technology into my science classroom on a daily basis, I am striving to use more and more technology tools. One of my long-term goals is to improve on my use of specific technology tools (particularly blogs, Voice Threads, and wikis) to help my students learn. I have begun to play around with Scratch to create animated clips. I then hope to import those student made clips into the Voice Thread program to allow the kids to “doodle” their notes and key points. Alternatively I am creating an assignment where students will use a specific provided clip and doodle through Voice Thread on the clip to indicate their understanding of the activities in the clip. I am aiming to use this once by the end of the school year, most likely after the first semester had ended.
A second and more long term goal is to complete my PhD in classroom instruction and curriculum with a strong focus on technology integration. I am expected to complete my masters with Walden’s by the end of the Feb 2010 semester. I plan to apply for the PhD program at Clemson in April with a desire to start in August 2010. I have searched many PhD programs and have found that my desire is not for administrative leadership but more direct classroom curriculum focus and technology integration in the design of curriculum.
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