Reflection

I have really enjoyed this course.  Although I was not always able to complete my assignments on time, I feel that I was still able to learn a lot from this course.  I LOVED the fact that I was able to work at my own pace, and when I had extra time.  Meeting other educators at the face to face sessions was great, too.  I was able to meet and interact with teachers that were from different grade levels, buildings, and content areas.  Thank you Cindy for offering this opportunity to learn more about technology to use in the classroom.  I can't wait to use more of the tools that I have learned about with my students.

Web 2.0 Tool Exploration

I loved getting to explore the vast amount of tools that were available.  I spent time looking through SlideShare, Scratch, MindMeister, and SumoPaint.

I spent quite a while exploring MindMeister.  I feel that this tool could be used to help develop presentations and lessons.  This tool allows you to quickly organize ideas into a concept map.  I have used Inspiration and Kidspiration in the past with my students when organizing projects and writing pieces.  MindMeister is an online version of this tool that can be accessed away from school.  I would use this tool as a way to help keep ideas organized, but not with my class.  I will continue to use the programs provided through the school for my students.