10 The Grand Finale

This week I learned how to create a game for classroom use using only PowerPoint. I created mine using a template from the internet which made the process extremely simple. I only had to input my own questions based off my standard and change some of the elements to meet the assignment criteria. I want to teach kindergarten so I aligned my game with a kindergarten level standard. These games will be so fun to use in class because competition is great motivation for doing well.

After reading classmates blogs throughout the weeks of this course I found it the most interesting that we all have had such different experiences in school. Some of us went to private schools, some public. Some schools have had lots of access to resources, some have had access to very few resources. Simple differences like this shape our perspectives when we complete our assignments, specifically our blog posts. Many of these experiences have shaped how we view and use technology. 

I would like to learn how to use the technology itself and the software associated with SmartBoards or things similar. My mom has one in her classroom now and I have seen them in every classroom in Leon County. I have seen teachers use them effectively by downloading games and interactive software for use in class and I have seen them be used ineffectively like a fancy chalkboard. I would like to learn all the uses for them and how to integrate them to the best of my ability in my future classroom. I feel like SmartBoards are the new white boards, which were the new chalkboards. Every classroom will have a SmartBoard, or something like it, and it will be used daily.

To achieve my ed tech goals, I think it is important to stay on top of all the new technology coming out. We have the wonderful resource of the tech sandbox at FSU, so we have the unique opportunity to experience many of the new technologies in person while learning about them in classes like EME 2040. Taking advantages of every seminar, workshop, and exhibition will allow future educators and current educators to gain the knowledge needed to learn about new technology and how to apply them to class. EME 2040 has been especially beneficial for this process since every week I learn new things about new technology and even old technology I was not super familiar with.