Week 8: Reflection

My personal theory of learning has not changed throughout this class. I still believe that students are very multi-sensory learners and I also believe that not every student has a mathematical-logical way of thinking. I still plan on integrating the technology to meet the needs of my students who are multi-sensory learners. My goal is to have all of my students come out of the classroom and understand the material being taught.


The immediate adjustment that I will be making regarding technology integration is to not use the PowerPoint and Smart Board as a “glorified overhead.” I seem to use it more as a teaching tool than a learning tool and that is something that I need to adjust within my own teaching practice. Two technology tools that I plan on using are VoiceThread in order to have the students make up units and projects. The other is the blog. I want to use the blog in order to have the students keep an open line of communication with each other. I like both of the tools because you can use cooperative learning activities with both. It will make my classroom more learner-centered than teacher-centered.

Two goals that I want to make in my classroom are to move away from the teacher-centered presentations and to integrate more technology into my classroom. For moving away from teacher centered presentations, I plan on using technology for my students. I want them to create the presentations and then discuss them with the other students. I plan on integrating more technology into the classroom by using more of the Smart Board and creating more lessons. I also plan on implementing the blog in each of my classes. This class has taught me a lot about technology and its uses. I am very glad that we had the opportunity to take this class.