Changes to my Teaching philosophy

Over the past seven weeks, my teaching philosophy hasn't changed on some grand scale, that is a 180 degree turnaround. That being said there are a lot of little things that need to be changed, I realize how easy a lot of the tech the we used in this class is. So now I can enhance my class through technology with, Online wikis for study guide, and podcast to keep the kids interested. I can create a blog to share my successes and failures with other teachers and hopefully learn something in the process. I learned how to critically evaluate the information I get off the internet so my presentations can be more precise, and I can spread this information to my students. I can use E-portfolio's so that my students can become motivated to improve themselves as well as see their progress.
The things that impressed on me the most where the blogs, the wikis and the podcast. They are all different engaging ways of presenting information, and they are simple enough that all of my students can present in the production of them.

Reflection #6

After spending several hours exploring, and creating podcast, I have come to the conclusion that These could be a great tool, for education. I can create a podcast over a video on you tube, or where ever, and now not only are the students getting the information from the video but also getting my analysis and input. Now I can be sure that my students understand what parts of the video are the most important, and which ones the need to spend extra time on.  I see this in the future to be a staple of both all online classes as well as technology integrated classes. I can see i being uses as both a primary source as well as a supplement to the information you are supposed to deliver to the students.
I think, I will use this in my classroom, on every video I require them to watch outside of class, This way they can be sure about which topic are important and I can be sure that the video isn't lacking any pertinent information.