Technology in the Classroom

I plan to use multiple forms of technology in my future middle school classroom. At the beginning of the semester I was not confident with my technological skills, but now that I've gone through this class, I feel much more prepared to integrate productive technologies in my classroom. I have also learned throughout the semester, that even though I don't always prefer technology, students are much more responsive to lessons that use some form of technology. I was honestly surprised at how much my opinion has changed about using these new ways to teach. I loved the teacher webpage and can't wait to make a real one for my students/parents in the future. Outside of this class, I learned how to use a SmartBoard and fell in love with it after teaching one lesson! It's a great way to incorporate multiple learning styles because students can manipulate their learning in different ways. I enjoyed making the webquest, even though it's a lot of work. Nevertheless, I believe that students deserve the best, so I hope to find time to put together a solid webquest to use in my first few years of teaching. I am thankful for the information I have learned in this class throughout the semester, and I plan to use these new ideas that I have learned thus far in my future classroom.