End of Semester

The end of the semester seems like it has come so fast.  There are only two weeks left and I still have quite a few things left to do to finish off the semester.  It has been a long stressful journey but I have had a lot of support from my classmates.  Block 1 has been a great experience and along  the way I have meet many new people and have made friends along the way.  I do not know where I would be without the help of my classmates.  Everyone worked together to help each other make it through.  We have built a strong community and have stuck by each other.  This is what we have been learning all semester to build a community and find ways to support our future students and their different learning styles.  I know that I have put all my energy in this semester and the work that I have done.  There were times that I questioned myself but I made it through and told myself that I can do this and this is what I want to be doing.  I want to become a teacher and in the end all this hard work will be worth it.

SMART Board

In EDU 315 we had to create a lesson using the SMART Board and it was fun making a lesson.  I have learned a lot from this lesson and one thing I learned is that it takes a lot of practice to use the SMART Board.  To learn how to use the smartboard program and getting use to using the smart board is going to take a lot of practice because I know that without practice it could be difficult to use.  I had fun making a lesson with my group and I know that I am going to have to keep practicing with the smart board to get use to it because I know that I will eventually be using one when I enter a classroom and start teaching.  Learning to use this new technology is interesting and seeing it used in the classroom that I am in for my practicum is nice and it seems like a tool that makes teaching easier for the teacher.  I think that the smart board is a great new piece of technology that is coming into more and more classrooms and will help teachers with teaching their students new material.  I am thrilled to be able to learn how to use a smart board and I can't wait to learn more and practice more with the smart board.

Social Networking

Social Networking is something that can be useful especially to teachers for communication.  Using social networks like facebook and twitter can be helpful because teachers can post new things that they have learned from conferences.  Social networking can be a good thing to use to keep in contact with people and stay up to date with what is going on around you.  Twitter and facebook can be used to make updates about what is going on in  schools and staying in contact with new things that are being taught, and teachers can share ideas with each other to help support and create a good learning environment for the students.