Week 7- Internet for Educators

We did not have class this week in Internet for Educators, but the spare time gave me some free time to play around with some different sites and online tools I could use in my upcoming placement. As I have mentioned in my previous weeks blog, I have been working on my Social Studies Unit for my overseas placement in Kuwait. I have been wanting to increase the use of technology in my presentation. As I had mentioned before, Prezi has become a more engaging method of presentation as it can be a more interesting process and more eye catching than powerpoint. I have recently, and FINALLY, introduced a technological activity into one of my lessons. This was very nerve racking as I have mentioned a million times, I am not very knowledgeable with technology. The unit I am creating is a Exploration Unit, and the technological tool I will be using for the activity is Twitter. And yes, I am very excited. For the activity they must create an explorers Twitter Feed. They will create the explorers twitter name, profile picture, and create a couple of statuses that this explorer might use while they are travelling, or if they have just landed, etc. They then must comment on two of their peers twitter feeds. I think this small activity will be very interactive and engaging and can relate to what teenagers use every day. I think if they hear that they are able to use Twitter, they will be very excited.

I am glad I am finally incorporating technology into my classroom. It took a lot of courage for me to actually do this so I am excited to give it a try. If it fails it fails, but it will be a great learning experience and I can build from the experience I have.