Reflection #2

The, about me tab, on the UEN page home work assignment was cool. I like having a place on the net that is just all my stuff. It is going to be way cool to personalize it and use it as my own web page. I see it as a very good way to organize my assignments and home work for students. It is a grate way to back up personal files and documents for the classes that I teach. I think i am going to work on a few more lesson plans and then put them on as well.
I love the whole idea of class web pages and think that a good web page makes all the difference in the world. I have had teachers hear at UVU that did not have class sights and it is so hard to keep up. I have a sister that teaches and she created her own web site and it is amazing. She posts all of her homework assignments, grades, scores, announcements and all that. I think that UEN will just have to do for know. It is a good sight and seems like a good way to learn for someone like me who is not so hot with computers .
In the end its all about the kids. I am so excited to finally teach, and any thing that will help me do that is fine by me. I guess i just wish i could have a chip implanted in my brain with knowledge so i didn't have to learn all this stuff. Learning gives me a headache.

Reflection # 1

Weekly reflection #1

The week has been a little overwhelming for me. I got a little behind by transferring in from a different class. The topics are all very new but very interesting to me. I have been working in the woods shop at a high school in Murray. Yes the very same that David Archaleta was from. And yes I thought him all that he knows, just kidding. Working in the woods shop we haven’t really integrated a whole lot of the technology that you would use in other classes. So I have to admit that it has seemed a little overwhelming to me to find out that as a teacher I will have to stay on top of all the newest trends and advancements in technology so that I can better teach my students.

I am aware that as a teacher technology makes my job easier like grading and roll taking. But the idea of getting the students involved by podcasting, texting, on line class sights and group activities are some things that are new to me but very exciting. I am a little afraid and feel a little intimidated by being required to learn so much about computers in general. But it also is something that I have been looking forward to.

I can’t help but think of all the cool stuff we could do. For example making music videos about Course related subjects would be a blast and hilariously funny. I hope to be a good teacher and who doesn’t. I also want to be a very fun teacher and to me using new technology and multimedia is going to help me hopefully learn how to speak to the kids in there own language. Which can for some be the only language that they speak. Hopefully learning can become fun again and they can learn more about what they want and need to survive in the ever so present future.

The video seemed to be hopeful for the future on how computers will become smaller and easier to use and on how they will save time for family and other things. Teens love to have the mobility of taking their songs and movies with them wherever they go. I guess I'm just old fashioned. And I see only more headaches, and I can’t help but wonder that teens today have all this technology and seem to be getting lazier and lazier. And I wonder if it’s good. I think technology is good but our human nature gets the best of us and we get lazy. If we can use technology in a good way then I think that the future is looking better and better.