You've just explored a few of the many tools available to integrate technology into your teaching. This group of tools was not an exhaustive list and new tools appear practically every day. Oftentimes we can be attracted to the "bells and whistles" of a new tool and choose something to use in the classroom purely because it looks fun and might capture the attention of our students who have have only known a digital world. The important thing to keep in mind when deciding how and what technologies to integrate into your classroom is to think about what the students will actually be doing and thinking about, and what skills the tool is helping them develop.
Post a comment in this blog post and share your thoughts about the tool(s) you explored in this session. You may want to consider some of the following: How useful do you think some of these tools are for the classroom? How you might use one of these tools in your classroom or unit plan? Do you think any of these tools would be good to use? What (and how) are students learning? Are you sceptical of certain technological fads? If you know of other tools that you think your colleagues should know about, tell us about what else you like to use.
If you have a chance to do so, please comment on a classmate's post as well, and skim the comments from ED105 Spring 2014 by February 27th.
