Final Though

While this class started a little slow for me, and it was probably obvious that it did not come first on my list of things to do each week; I did love this class, and really enjoyed everything that I learned in it.

This class has forced me to do thigs that I never thought that I would need to do for anything like: I now have a Facebook page that has put me back int touch with people that I have not seen for 5 years or more.  looking at blog pages of other math teachers to find inspiration.  Lastly, I have learned that opening up on the internet is not a bad thing, and can allow me to get in touch with people in a way that I was turning a blind eye to.

while we did a number of great things on this class, one thing that I have seen that we didn't go over, is how to embed a document into the blog or wiki, and get a responce back for different users.  I think that this would be great for going paperless, if I could give a quiz to my students and have them answer it online.

I have gone to my Principal about this class, and I am currently trying to find a way that each student in our school could have their own blog or wiki that could be used to do class work on. the way that I see it working would be: on each student's blog they would have a page setup for each of the classes that they are taking that semester.  this it where the student could save all of their work for that class.  This way the teacher could see the different revisions to a paper without having to print off all of the different versions.  Also the teacher could compile everything together and allow students to see the work of other students.  At the end of the year the student could put together a portfolio of all of their work as they did it through the year, and be able to submit writing samples as needed.  This could also be used for parents to see what their student is doing in school, as we are a boarding school.

This is where I would like to see my efforts go, and I know that the more I know about this now technology, the easier it will be for me to get others to use it.  Thanks for all of the lessons, and I will be checking in with you from time to time for help and ideas for how things work.