TPTE Final Post

This class has been excellent for me. I did not have any experience with any of the technologies that we learned about in the class. My learning in this class has reduced my anxiety about technology and increased my interest in using it in my class. My favorite activity was learning about the interactive white board and designing a lesson with Activinspire.  Having familiarity with the interactive white board is very valuable because just about every class room in Knox County uses one. Digital diagraming is also a technology which I can see could be very useful at just about any grade level. The format of the class was good. However, I think it could be condensed to meet once per week for three hours instead of twice. This would allow the concepts, assignments and instruction to be introduced during the class and then work on projects could be done at times determined by each individual student.