Amazing When Something is Not Second Nature

Wow, this week I have been on technology overload. I had my story all recorded and now I have been editing and doing the final touches. This just helps me realize how not technology minded I am. Sometimes I have the challenge being that I serve on ten committees and am gone at least once every three weeks to training or a meeting, trying to keep caught up in my classroom and make sure I am where I should be for this class in Ames. I think I have worked through my digital story and learned by writing a description for how I would use a digital project in my classroom. I can't wait to do the project with my class next year! Out of this whole class I have decided I think I'm going to have to invest in a Flip Video Camera and I keep telling my family that an I-Pad would be great for Christmas. I can tell you right now my husband is thrilled I took this class because at least now I will go to Best Buy and the Apple Store with him. I am doing a pilot on a new reading series and the technology piece is unbelievable. With our great projector systems in our classroom it will make our reading time Heavenly and fitting for all students! Then of course I challenged myself to go above and beyond what is given to us technolgy wise and think from what I have learned from this class and how I could use them with the new reading/language arts series.