I quite like the idea of updating this blog on Sunday evenings as a way of wrapping up my week. What I failed to consider however was how little I would feel like writing about ICT after watching my Pittsburgh Steelers embarrass themselves in the AFC Championship game. For that reason this post will be brief and to the point.
The first thing that stood out in my mind about everything we did in class this week was not any of the material itself but the method in which it was presented. I feel like teaching tech in the classroom is the best time to give the instruction "just play with it" and I love it. It seems to me that playing with it is the best way to learn most of these applications and google drive features and the attitude required to do so is very important for students to learn in my opinion. If it were possible to teach more material by telling students to play with it, school would not only be more fun but lessons may resonate in the memories of students.
As for the programs and applications we were using I must say this week brought a sigh of relief to me. I have been working with my partner Miranda on a presentation for Westcast over the last several months and she has been inviting me to edit google documents the whole time. I finally know what the heck she has been talking about. Thank you! Now that I know what I was supposed to have been doing I certainly see the potential that google docs has for collaboration.
Hopefully next week's blog will be a little easier to write as no millionaires will disappoint me (assuming the Jets don't play on Sunday.) Having the guest speaker on Tuesday will likely give me something to think about as well. Anyway, Go Falcons, I guess.
You do realize the irony in your post, right? Who was it that told me a particular teacher of his who had the "just play around with this" attitude, was not his favourite? :)
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