Blog #7: Half-Way Reflection

At first I felt this class was very overwhelming, and stressful. After being in this class for a couple of weeks I have learned many neat techniques that I can use in my classroom as well as keeping myself organized. In addition, I think that the use of technology in early childhood education is a great idea. I feel that there are many interesting academic programs that are available to young children through computers disks and websites. I think that projects like the imovie can be used in various different ways such as a class project, an overview of the class to show to the students parents, and a way to show students material that is being learned in class. If there is easy access to computers in the school where I am teaching, I would incorporate websites, and online activities at least once a week that are suitable for the specific age group of students I am teaching. This way the students are able to engage in computers and explore information that interests them. Furthermore, I would make sure that security is placed on all the computers and that the websites the students can view are limited. This way the students are unable to view provocative websites and websites that can be dangerous to them. Overall, I feel that the imovie is the most important lesson I have learned so far. I feel that you can do many different types of projects with imovie and can incorporate it into various lessons. Imovie is a great program because you are able to elaborate off of ideas and create an awesome project. On the other hand, the downfall to creating an imovie is that it is very time consuming, stressful, and frustrating at times. Although, this class is very time consuming, and a lot of work, I feel that as a teacher you can learn some excellent ways to incorporate technology into the classroom.