Week 2 Reflection

This week in class we got familiar with google.  I created a google site and learned how to make a google calendar, google document, google form, and many other great tools that google has to offer.  I had no idea that google offered so many different tools, I thought that google was strictly used a search engine and for email.  We are currently working on google docs with our partner.  We are writing a letter that will be sent to a local charter school to see if they would be interested in having us prepare media materials for their classroom.


Google is such a great tool and I am really excited to use it.  I am able to organize my schedule and have several calendars for my different activities.  My favorite thing about the calendar is it is color coded which helps me remain organized.  This is a great tool that I will use in my classroom.  It is a way for students to know what we are covering in class and when assignments are due. 


Google Docs is a tool that I can use personally as well as professionally.  It allows me to keep documents online so that I can access them everywhere and I don't have to worry about losing the data if my computer crashes or carrying around a flash drive.  Google docs will be useful in the classroom for group work.  It easily allows people to work together on an assignment on their own schedules.


My favorite part of google is the google forms.  This allows me to ask questions and have it directly entered into a spreadsheet for quick reference.  This will be an excellent tool in the classroom for me to get information from my student's.  I am excited to get more familiar with this part of google.


Technology is quickly changing and my students will be more proficient in technological skills than I will be.  I have discovered that there is so much that I am unaware of and it is important for me to keep up-to-date with technology because it is what my students will relate to.  I want my students to be able to incorporate technology into the classroom.  I plan on having a classroom site where students can access information on the course.  I am enjoying having a blog and am considering having my students write their thought on a blog instead of a journal.