Assessing Technologies

1. Which technology do you think you would be most likely to use in your future classroom and why?I think that I would be most likely to use the Smartboard in my classroom. I thought it was a really interactive tool that teachers could use to involve students on many different levels. I liked how you could download or make games and activities which would be a fun way for the students to learn.
2. Which technology do you think you would be least likely to use and why?I probably would be least likely to use Schwup because it was very similar to many other slideshow/video making websites, but there were more limitations. It cost more money, required credit/debit card to sign up, and would be hard to access from home. I like the idea of Schwup, but I could get the same effect from some of the other sites like Photopeach or Animoto.
3. What did you did you learn about instructional strategies from your peers that you might put into effect in your future classroom?I liked how many of the other technologies incorporate actively involving the students. Many of the sites had the students do the work and explore instead of relying on the teacher’s input. This is something that I want to take with me into my future classroom.
4. What was the most fascinating thing you learned from your peers today?I would say that the most fascinating thing I learned was the multitude of ways you can use technology. Take the smartboard for example, less-opened minded people might just use it as a sort of “touch-screen” whiteboard, but there are so many possibilities that you can use them for. I noticed this among many of my peer’s presentations, that they were able to think of creative ways to use technology.