Our group, Neverending Quest-ions, performed admirably I think in the second session.
We were a little confused when we should enter the Elluminate chat, but we spent the time productively exchanging experiences establishing our own web pages, blogs, and wikis. I was impressed by Terri's incorporation of music into her personal web page, which is a wonderful touch I think. We were all in the initial throes of experimenting with Tapped In, some of us had established offices, some not yet, and we needed clearance to join Dr. Smirnova's technology group which she had to grant prior to access. All of us are experimenting with our pages, successfully I think, and they are surely works in progress. We also exchanged our views on our LoTi experiences and observations. I think Eric, Kelly, and I thought we had seen 0-1 implementation, whereas Terri had a slightly higher approximation, maybe a 2. Still not the 4b or above that the Powerpoint looks for, by any stretch. Dr. Smirnova had us assemble in Elluminate and we had a good philosphical discussion about technology integration into classrooms and the phobias many teachers experience about such integration as a normal part of their instructional techniques. The obvious message is greater comfort with technology on the part of teachers translates into more native, natural learning of our students. A goal to strive for to be sure.
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I think as we get "lost" in our own technolgy places that we will find what we are looking for eventaully. At least whenever I learn something new and do not understand I come across the lost feeling. I learn best when I feel lost and then I usually come out on top. I think as we work together that we will get through this. We use lots of email, text messages, and phone calls to get us through our technology problems in this class. My thing about technology is that it will take forever for schools to catch up and when they do something new will come along like another products that get phased out for something new, that is just business.
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