Blog posting assignment 2

An effective teaching strategy I keep being reminded of, is when working with technology, ‘work as a team’. Whether it be your class, or a team of colleagues. As technology keeps being updated, there is always the need to know more, and people are at different stages of learning skills. Very few know all that they need, so put all of the heads together and the results will be impressive!

Using web-based technologies for our SIG was probably the most significant and deliberate integration for me. First of all one of our team members recommended the tool Ning, and then when we started to use it, we saw the benefits of the tool as we worked. It only took one use of collaborative technologies for me to be convinced, and we went on to social bookmarking and skype conference calls later. Using surveys also opened up a whole new way of valuable teaching for me too. I’ll be sure to have these tools in my classes next year.

My goals were to use technology to benefit my students and myself in the initial stages of the CEP course. However, while studying I have been exposed to many interesting perspectives on the use of technology, and had many opportunities to reflect on how to integrate technology carefully into education. As a result of spending so much time experimenting, learning about, analysing and evaluating tools, I have gone beyond my goals well and truly.

My goals at the moment have just been completed in my Techplan. This task helped me to synthesise my new knowledge about technology, with where I wanted to go with it. Please visit my techplan at http://fionaintokyo.weebly.com/what-is-my-vision-of-technology-in-education.html