Over the course of this class I feel that I have learned a lot of interesting information that I will try to use when I am a teacher. There are a couple of things that really stood out to me. The first being social media being a useful tool, the second being the importance of global collaboration, and finally being able to use technology to teach lessons outside of the classroom.
The first thing that stood out to me was using social media, specifically Twitter, as a tool. In this class, I learned that many professionals use twitter to spread information and communicate with others they would usually not be able to. I feel that many people in my generation don’t use social media in productive ways. Before this class, I didn’t use twitter and my only experience with it was when people were being ridiculed for their comments there. This class helped show me that this does not have to be the case and that twitter can be a useful tool.
The second thing that stood out to me was the importance of global collaboration. As the world continues to evolve with new technology being invented it becomes more important for teachers to communicate with one another. Through communication, we can see what works for others and incorporate what they learn into our lesson plans. We can build off one another like never before. Not only that but we able to learn in new ways due to being able to create projects with students from all over the world. This stood out to me because it brings a new way of teaching that couldn’t exist without technology. These new experiences can help benefit students in ways never before seen in school.
The last thing that stood out to me was teaching outside of the classroom. Before technology, this was only possible by having students read textbooks. In many cases this might not have happened, meaning teachers would have to resort to going over the readings in the classroom which would lessen the time teachers would have to work one on one with students. Now lessons can be done at home online sources such as edpuzzle which we use in this class. The teacher can assign lessons as homework and can see which students have and have not done the homework. This creates more time for learning in the classroom whether it be new things or going over complicated topics.
These topics stood out to me more so than the others for a couple of reasons. The first being that they are simplistic and that they are logical steps to take as we move into the future. The second reason is that they will be easy to implement into my lesson plans in the future.