Mid-point Check

I feel like this class is very informational. I think that it would have been helpful to have reviewed some before the test because I was unsure of how much and what to study. I really like all of the activities that we are doing, but I wish that we could complete one at a time. That aspect is nothing against your teacher, I just get worried when something is not completed or graded. My favorite part of this class so far is the Google website. I love decorating and adding to the website as the semester progresses. One other part that I do like a lot is the fact that we were all put into groups to do our web 2.0 projects. It is nice to hear from other students about web-based tools. I know that I learned a lot about the tool that I presented on and it was nice to learn in-depth about many of these tools.

Scavenger Hunt

I really liked this activity for many reasons. The fact that this was a collaborative and an individual project in one was perfect for me. I liked being able to find the pictures outside or around the building in order to create real world examples. The fact that we were to create two presentations using Google presentation and Picasa was really beneficial for me. It gave me experience to figure out those websites and different aspects they had available. I will definitely be using these tools in my classroom one day on my website or even to show my students for a lesson. 

Resource Wiki

I really like this assignment for many reasons. This is going to be very helpful for me and others in my group to be able to reference back to in the future. Sometimes as a teacher they can start to overuse a website, but having those other ideas of websites will be very helpful. These websites will range from games, to activities for students, to teacher resources. I really like the collaborative part of this assignment, but as the same time everyone has to do their own part for their own credit. I know that I will remember this URL to  be able to look at for the future if I need ideas and good websites to go to. Another benefit is that there will already be a description of the website underneath the URL so I will know a summary of what the website contains.

Google Documents

I really like the idea of Google documents. I did not know about this tool until this class, and I am so glad that I was introduced to it. I think it is just like having Word, but free! Also, it is extremely beneficial and easy to share with others. I would definitely use this in my classroom as well as with my friends or co-workers. It has every aspect of Word, but even more. I really like the fact that my work is saved online, not just on one computer. The downside of this tool is that, you have to have internet, and sometimes everyone will not have it or the internet will be down. But overall, this is a very helpful tool that can be used in multiple different ways in and out of the classroom.

Wordle-Web 2.0

This activity was very helpful to me and I know it was helpful to others in the class. It really helped to learn the specific parts of wordle myself and understand different ways to use wordle in my future. classroom. I did not know all of the aspects of wordle, but now I do and I cannot wait to use it more. My favorite aspect of wordle was to be able to create a classroom list in a unique way, even alphabetically. Other ways to use wordle are to see which word you may have used multiple times in an essay or book report. This aspect was extremely helpful to me because I overuse some words in papers, so I know I will be using this online tool not only in my future classroom, but in college as well! I am a very creative person so that fact that wordle gives the opportunity to change multiple aspects of the position, color, language, and font of the words is perfect for me!

Inquiry Based Activity

I really liked this activity that we were assigned. I have never made a worksheet from hand for elementary school students and I think that it was very beneficial. This activity will be perfect for a day that I am able to get a day in the library for my students. I made my inquiry based activity about fire safety; there were two games and two reading activities. I made sure to tie in health and reading in the worksheet together. It was a good activity for us as future teachers to be able to acknowledge what standards apply to what we are teaching. I have not had much experience applying the standards, so this was very helpful for me. It definitely applies to all grade levels to be able to do this activity, so I really think it was a good activity for the class as a whole as well.

Wikis

Wikis are very beneficial with the capability of everyone being able to edit a certain page if given permission. I do like that part of the online tool, but I do not think I will use it in my classroom. I think that wikis seem very similar to what you could do in Google documents. I like to try to stay on one main tool and do as many things as I can on that instead of going to multiple different websites. I will be teaching elementary school and I think it would be too confusing having to do something like a wiki. I also do not like that you have to have an account; adding another website to have an account to would just be too much.