1. My favorite tools that were completely new to me were the Google Reader and the social bookmarking sites. This coming year I would like for my students to have blogs. The blogs would incorporate the building of digital citizenship that the children so desperately need. The Google Reader will help me to stay up to date on their posts and help me to evaluate their digital citizenship in a fairly quick way.
2. I feel much more confident teaching techonolgy in my classroom. I feel prepared for introducing tools right from the beginning. YAY!
3. I actually learned new things about technology. I feel pretty confident when it comes to technology but this format of professional development helped me excel quickly through things I already knew and spend more time learning about tools that I was unfamiliar with. I loved adding these tools to my toolbelt. This was exceptional professional development. Thank you to all who made it possible! :o)
Glad you found some new tools! Google is planning to incorporate Blogger into Google Apps. Hopefully, they will do so shortly. It will make blogging very easy for you and your students!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great Sarah; I love your ideas and am glad you're feeling confident in using these in the classroom this year. I look forward to working with you on this.
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