Reflection #8

With the introduction of every technology I tried to envision how I would utilize it in the classroom. For one technology, in particular, the possible applications were obvious and powerful. With a wiki I would be able publish items relevent to the class such as assignments, the class syllabus, agendas and lecture notes. I could also post links to web pages that offered material that supported the concepts and skills discussed in class. Students could in turn pose questions to me or the entire class as well as turn in assignments. As far as any "Aha" moments, it would have to be when I discovered all of the applications available on Google and the ability to access these applications from any computer with an internet connection. Why use/pay for Microsoft Office when there is Google documents? Plus, there is the abilty to share the control of documents with others who "google". "To blog or not to blog"....It maybe that because I had a negative preconception of blogging, which has greatly improved now that I actually know what blogging is, or that I plan on teaching high school math or physics that I find it difficult to see what tools a blog offers that using a wiki does not. I do know that I will keep my eyes open for oppurtunities to use wikis and blogs in the future.