Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Lesson Plan and Final Thoughts

I had learned about multiple intelligences before, but I think that creating this lesson plan helped me learn even more about them. It made me think of specific ways to incorporate all types of intelligences and learning styles into my teaching. I think my lesson plan is something I will be able to use in my future classes as a fun project that helps all types of learners to understand the material.

I liked this class a lot because it showed me simple ways to use technology in my classroom. It's very important for teachers to understand and use technology. Technology is already important in many areas, especially with today's students, and it's being used in more settings all the time. Teachers need to keep up with the technologies their students are using in order to be able to relate to the students and to help them understand course material.

 One of my favorite parts of the class was learning about blogs and how to use them in the classroom. I've been familiar with blogs for a while; I read them frequently and I have even written my own blog before. But I never thought about using them in the classroom until taking this class. Now I plan on incorporating blogs into my classes someday. I want to have a class blog that allows my students to display their work online and to communicate with other students around the world.

I really can't think of anything that I would want to change about the class. I maybe would have liked to learn more about newer technologies, but I think overall it was a good class and I learned more about  how to integrate technology into my classroom.