Reflection
Before the inception of this course I was already familiar with some of the tools we learnt about and used. However, a number of them were new territory for me, through group presentations and lectures I discovered some useful tools which can be utilized in the classroom. One such tool is Prezi; this an internet based presentation tool that is used to create PowerPoint presentations, it offers more options than Microsoft PowerPoint. I do not just simply view this course as just another course that they give to us to do, and I’m just doing it to get a grade. It is truly an amazing course which as introduced me to some remarkable tools and being the type of person that is very passionate about technology looking back I really enjoyed this course.
The aspect of this course which was truly exciting and fun was creating the wiki’s, blogs, webquest, podcast and website. Doing this really made me feel like a professional designer, it gave me purpose and given that it was the first time I was making these things the feeling was overwhelming. Working with these different tools exposed me to the possibilities of utilizing technology in the classroom and how the students would equally enjoy the same experience. The fact that I was not limited to only what was given made it even more interesting. The part where I had experienced some difficulty was when I was doing the podcast. This was my first time creating a podcast.
There was a lot of trial and error, originally I had tried to use the program audacity but the audio play back was extremely low. However, I was able to find another solution to the problem I used my phone to record the podcast and it turned out better. Overall the course has been great it was all that I had expected even though there were a few challenges. All that I have learnt here I will take with me out into the field in order to enhance the classroom and move away from the old ways.
The aspect of this course which was truly exciting and fun was creating the wiki’s, blogs, webquest, podcast and website. Doing this really made me feel like a professional designer, it gave me purpose and given that it was the first time I was making these things the feeling was overwhelming. Working with these different tools exposed me to the possibilities of utilizing technology in the classroom and how the students would equally enjoy the same experience. The fact that I was not limited to only what was given made it even more interesting. The part where I had experienced some difficulty was when I was doing the podcast. This was my first time creating a podcast.
There was a lot of trial and error, originally I had tried to use the program audacity but the audio play back was extremely low. However, I was able to find another solution to the problem I used my phone to record the podcast and it turned out better. Overall the course has been great it was all that I had expected even though there were a few challenges. All that I have learnt here I will take with me out into the field in order to enhance the classroom and move away from the old ways.