EDCI5825 Final Post

Having gone through 6 weeks of this class, its would be hard not to have a changed view on instructional technology. While all of the technology portrayed in the class would be useful in a high tech, well funded school, for the average school some of the technology, including the Smartboard and video projects could easily be above the resources or skills of the students and school. In an ideal world all classrooms would be full of technology, but in the present times, schools are more likely to face reduced technology. Instructional technology is useful in classrooms, but I don't think that emphasis should be taken away from "traditional" low tech instructional practices.

Going through this class as well as growing up in the "tech" age have made me very comfortable with technology, and this comfort will only grown through continued use of the technology. I think that while technology is important to classrooms, it will never be able to replace a living, breathing, teacher with experiences, content knowledge and educational training.

EDCI5825 Week 6

    Google Reader is a useful tool for watching a list of blogs, though it does have some drawbacks. While it is  nice to be able to see the  newest posts, I would find it more useful if when you selected a blog it would display all the posts from the author. Besides that Google Reader would be a useful tool for a classroom where internet access for students is guaranteed and students would use blogs.
     I found that Megan and Dave used their blogs for more than answering assignments which was interesting and would be something that I would strive to do if I used a blog in a classroom in the future.