Exit Post 12-2-2010

From video:

• Uses SMARTboard for interaction. Used for cooperative learning. Actively engages students.
• Online collaborative projects with other classes around the world. Connect with peers.
• Teacher daily blog, posts assignments online. Open classroom concept.
• Parents can see what students are doing by checking online.
• Students daily blog. Exposed to current events. Share their opinions. Idea of being a global citizen.
• All students had laptops. (all the time or on occasion?) There were several desktops in the classroom.

I'm really happy that we did this exercise in class today because during this class I feel that I have been getting the sense that if I don't add a ton of technology into my classroom I am going to be considered a bad teacher. While I have never believed that to be true, I am happy to see that it is finally being said out loud in class by the prof. himself so that the others in class that have had that same impression will feel better about it as well.