Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Post #9

An interesting web based tool i may consider using during my teaching career would be the inspiration program. From what i remember it is a web based tool, and it is a really interesting and useful tool. This program is helpful when trying to create maps and flow charts. Especially when working with younger kids it is a really good tool in order to keep them interested and focused on the subject at hand.
Another useful web based tool is the Wiki program. Wikispaces.com is a very interesting tool that is really different than any of the other teaching/visual tools I've seen on the web. Although it is a little bit more complex and tedious than most instructional tools, it is really different which is likely to keep the students attention.
The next technological tool I would like to learn more about is web pages. I know that web pages don't really play into educational instruction that well, but I think it is interesting to see/learn how they are created and how they become so popular practically over night. I think it would be very interesting and informational to learn about how they work.
A way in which I will be able to achieve my educational technology-related goals is to either do more research on the subjects that interest me, or i could even take a class on the particular subjects. Since it is very unlikely that I will really take a class on a technological subject, I would probably opt to just read abou it in my spare time.

2 comments:

Matt Rousseau said...

The wiki program makes my world go round. That and chocolate easter bunnies.

Bethry said...

Hahaha... I prefer gelt over easter bunnies... its a jewish chocolate coin... anyway... I was actually really interested in wikispaces I had never heard of it until class and it looked really useful.