JulesJustJotting

My name is Jules. I have been teaching for 20 years at the same elementary school. It is a low socio-economic school that has wonderful teachers, staff, & students. I can't imagine teaching anywhere else.

Monday, April 17, 2006

My Techie Journey this year

Ok, so I am suppose to post again to reflect on where I am on my techie journey. I have learned some cool new aspects of technology this year. I know that I have a long way to go, but am feeling good about the progress I've made. I've got my own blog site, I have linkin' logs set up (that I use constantly between 3 machines), I know how to instant message (the basics)....that's quite a bit in a year.
I would still like to learn to make power points & to use them with ease & confidence. I might try to take a class this summer (depends on daycare of course). Another aspect that I'd like to take a class on is setting up my own web page. I don't know if I'd have enough room on the Ulocker for it though. I've messed with Comic Life, but hope to mess with it more this summer so that I can get good at it to use with kids next year. I guess one more goal before next year would be to get airport access in my classroom. I'd also like to get it at home, but then I'd be on the computer all the time......(hubby won't like that).
As Joni R said, I hope that this group can continue on next year. There is so much more for us to learn & new things coming out all the time. Maybe we could each make a goal of an area to learn & then teach it to the others in the group. This would help with our "teaching" aspect for our Atomic learning eval. Thanks to all who have shared their knowledge, time, and talents.:o)

2 Comments:

  • At 10:34 PM, Blogger Lynn said…

    Great ideas Jules - I would love to see everyone pick an area of "expertise" and share it with others next year.

    When I responded to Joni, I told her that research has shown that it takes 3-5 years for teachers to become comfortable enough with technology to integrate it into their teaching. So, the way I see it, if we don't continue next year, all that we've done this year will be in vain. There are new technologies coming out constantly. We absolutely must keep up, or we'll forever be behind.

     
  • At 3:40 PM, Blogger Kim said…

    Jules I am so glad you have been in our group this year. It was like being on the same team again. I love that you have taken what you have learned and used it with kids! The kite stuff on the blog is super!

     

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