My final ICT blog!!

Well the semester is nearing the end, its been fun, but I'm glad its almost done. Its one step closer to me graduating and starting my future career. I learned a lot in the first semester, especially in ICT. I had used technology a lot in my life already but i learned how many uses there are for it in education. In fact i learned so much i made a prezi about it!!So here is everything I learnt in ICT

Technology is now a part of every student’s life whether it is in the classroom or at home. Technology is here to stay, and I believe rather than being afraid of all the negatives we focus on the positives. The biggest negative in my opinion is all the bullying that occurs. Bullying has always been around and now with the use of technology it happens so often and there is no way for us to prevent it. All we can do is try and teach our students how to properly use technology. There are negative impacts for teachers as well. Anything we post online can be used against us so we need to make sure we are very careful with what we post online. There are always positives and negatives and I just feel we put too much emphasis on the negatives. There are lots of positives to technology such as more accessible information and the ability to communicate with others. During my placement we used technology in many different ways. I used my iPad and phone to project videos and music onto the projector in the gym. I used the iPad for attendance and inserting grades. We even used the iPad as a scoreboard during volleyball games. These are just a few examples of the positive impacts technology can have. Technology is changing the education world therefore I believe our role as a teacher should now be to help students learn the strengths of technology as well as how to appropriately use technology. 

I think the future for ICT in education looks promising. I am a believer that technolgoy needs to be used in the classroom. I believe there are many positives in using technology and i think withing the next few years we are going to see it become a more prominent part of education. 

I have learned a lot in a short period of time in this class, and i look forward to using what i have learned here in my future endeavors as a teacher!

Weeks 6 & 7

Well its been a little while since my last blog, I've been slacking i know! so i figured it was about time i updated it again. Most of our classes are wrapping up now and we are getting near the end of our first semester as education students. We have been doing a lot of group projects and presentations which is fine but it can be difficult to get together at the same time. So for our ICT project our group found a way to avoid this problem and the answer was simple! Google Docs. Google docs is a fantastic tool that i have used in the past but this year in Education i have realized how useful it really is. Our group decided instead of having to get together all the time, we just created a power point and shared it with everyone. We could all work on it at the same on three different computers instead of sharing one and taking turns. We got the work done twice as fast and it was far more convenient. If we need to make any changes all we have to do is go on Google drive and bam! its on our computer and we can do whatever we need to. It is a tool i think can be used a lot more often than it is, and it is something i will definitely encourage my future students to use. Google Docs is just another prime example of how we can use ICT in education.