Let's Talk Confidence
After such a successful lesson with integrating new technology into an actual classroom and seeing the tangible results of technology-based-learning activities, I have definitely become more open minded to using technology in the classroom. Seeing the Google Trek succeed so tremendously gave me the confidence to continue applying all of my Educational Technology assignments to the Anne Frank unit in the hope that I could use technology with my students. Unfortunately, the only other Ed Tech integration I've been able to drag in was a quick glance at my Anne Frank modern-day-interpretation of a cartoon. It included a young girl looking at a computer screen screaming about how no one would want to read the ramblings of a 13-year-old's on a blog.
Hey, my students thought it was hilarious!
From this point on, I've still been working hard to stretch the Educational Technology assignments to fit the unit in which my current students are studying, and some of the assignments just were not beneficial to integrate into the classroom. It is still beneficial for me to see how I can manipulate the technology aspect of lessons to fit the different units and contents in which I might be teaching. The practice is priceless. Not to mention the practice leading to this heightened confidence for integrating the technology into my student teaching experience! What an exciting concept!
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