My Technology Journey

Week one was a little crazy and I felt a little overwhelmed by all we had to do and create. After talking to my group and going through the moodle, I felt a little less overwhelmed. I have never had a blog or a webpage, so I enjoyed making these and seeing what they looked like when i was done. I think that I am going to like seeing how they progress as the semester goes on. I like being able to reflect on my class experience in my Blog and to be able to read about other people's experiences.
This week we were supposed to explore the moodle and look at all the different tools and sites that we will be using throughout the course of the semester. I found that the moodle was very easy to navigate and the tools that were on it were very helpful when doing the assignments. It also gave a lot of helpful and interesting information not only for use in class, but also outside of class. I liked how there were videos that demonstrated how to do certain things. I learn better visually so I found this to be very helpful.
After my group met using gtalk, we decided that we would try out wiziq next meeting and see which chat method we prefer. I also liked how we had to post a picture and and write an introduction to ourself so that we could get to know each other since we will never meet in person.
I think my most memorable moments during this past two weeks were making my blog and webpage. I have always seen people who have webpage and have always though they were interesting. I think it is interesting to be able to follow people's learning experiences. I have also never taken a class online so meeting with my group and conducting the meeting/class in a chat room was a new and interesting experience. It was a little strange at first not being able to see who we were talking to but I think our meeting went a pretty well. We ran into a tiny snag when a few of us got kicked out of the chat for a little while, but after we got back in, we got back on track and got through going over the moodle and all of our assignments. This meeting definitely helped me out because before the meeting, I was not one hundred percent sure of what exactly was due, but after talking to me group it was a lot more clear.
I found that the video "Learning to Change and Changing to Learn," was very focused on how technology is very important today. I feel that it was saying that schools should do more to focus on the technology aspect of education and not just on preparing students for test. I agreed with the point where they said that "technology is not a choice" I think that this is completely true, these days we do not have a choice we need to learn how to use computers because they are used everywhere. If i did not know how to use a computer I would not be able to do my job. I think that the learning process needs to start early, because you see older teachers and even people where I work who do not have basic computer skills. The video also points out that students need to learn to use computers to solve problems, and obtain data.
Learning in the Digital age is different from the previous era because now it is almost impossible to learn without the use of technology.
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