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Final Reflection

Wow, this semester was full of a lot of new information and aquistion of new skills.Click here to read more »
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Using technology to empower students

Although I am a teacher of technology and integrating technology into the classroom has been exciting for me, I recently became very interested in ways to empower students learning using technology, much of the way we have done in this class with blogs and wikis. After attending a technology conference and reading several books/articles, I became aware of so many tools that are available to help make teaching student centered rather than teacher centered.Click here to read more »
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Open Education Conference - Open Textbooks

Open Textbooks is a great new teaching technology. As a teacher I had the experience of working with online textbooks, this type of technology has its pros and cons. After reading the information at the Open Textbook website (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_textbooks) I have gained a greater appreciation for this type of technology.Click here to read more »
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Definitions

Wow, after reading the definitions for this week’s assignment, I realized how lacking my understanding of this area really was. As a teacher of technology I thought that “Instructional technology” was nothing more than teaching how to use technology. After searching the web and long discussion with colleagues I discovered that instructional technology is what we as teachers should be doing, using technology to improve instruction and the learning process.Click here to read more »
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Inst 6310 Goals

Dare to Discover
Technology the use of knowledge to make
your life easier...

Knowing an answer is NOT the most important thing...
Knowing how to arrive at an answer is the most important thing.
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