Welcome to my first post on my new blog!  Now I am not one to be a crazy tech person so I am not sure how this is going to go!  I have to make this blog as part of the ICT course that I am currently taking at Brandon University Faculty of Education.  Otherwise, trust me, this would be one of the last things I would be doing!!  However, in the meantime, I hope you enjoy the parts of my “crazy life” that I will be posting on my new found blog.

Part of the requirements for this class is to comment on different apps or technology that we have discussed in class, so if you are not interested in that part, just avoid it!  If you do not care about my children and that aspect of my crazy life, avoid it too!  If you don’t care that I am into sewing/crochet and other “old lady” crafts, avoid that part… you may just want to avoid it regardless…. Trust me…. Otherwise, welcome to what makes my world crazy!!

Tech and me

So you could consider me to be sort of anti-tech user in the classroom, but I am open to learning about different apps and programs where I could be convinced to use tech in my classroom. Through using Padlet (comments below), I can see how offering some technology in those “older” years classes could create a nice balance from having to listen to lectures or do actual work with a pen or pencil…. So I am finding that I am not 100% against tech… maybe….

What inspired me through Week One of my intro to the wonderful world of “teching”

Padlet – now that was a very interesting app! I thought that using it in a middle years/senior years class to get real time answers from students would be fun and perhaps keep them engaged in class.  As for use in an early years class, I’m not sure… maybe Grade 3 or 4 could do it?  One problem that may occur other than technology failing is to ensure that each student has a device.

Random Team Generator

As this is just a “Google” away, I think it is a great asset to use in those classes or for those assignments where it doesn’t matter what student is matched up with whom.  Good tip to know!

Blog

Well… you already know why I am blogging and I will see how it goes and give you my true opinion at a later date… hehehe

Twitter

In a different class, Multi-Level Classroom, I learned how to tweet!  Lucky me… I have been adamant that I do not enter the Twitter world, however… now that I have been “forced” to, I think I may become easily addicted to it… ya… not so good… and perhaps that is why I have been avoiding it thus far!  However follow me there if you like but I am really not sure how much “twittering” I will be doing!  @ConnieH1310

Alright!  I think this is enough information for today… at least I am done typing as I am sure that you are done reading!

I hope you have a fantastic Friday the 13^th, as I know I am going to!!

TTFN,

Connie