Reflection #2

In my teaching career it will be important to stay up to date with current technology. There are many things available to me to use in my teaching career. The google pages will be great to use to keep in touch with my students and parents. It will help my class run more efficiently. My husband is a principal of a private school. He didn't know about google sites. He wants to use google sites to help his school run more efficiently. I know a teacher that was very old school. She used a big piece of paper with her lesson plans on them. When she makes changes she uses an eraser. She would be much more efficient if she used technology instead of paper and pencil for her lesson plans.

One great reason to use technology is because it is cost effective. Last year my sons elementary school changed the school newsletter from hard copy to online. The parents can read the entire newsletter online. Just think of how much paper and postage the school has saved. Teachers don't have a lot of money to work with so I am so grateful to google for letting us use their tools for free. Google calendar will help me be organized in my career.

Google Docs is someting I look forward to using with my future team. It is fun to see how my team in this class change or add to my document. Collaberation is one of the keys to a successful career so this tool will be a way to strengthen the unity of my fellow team of teachers. I love the part of google docs that translates English to Spanish. (My daughter was really excited when I told her about it because she has a missionary who speaks Spanish.) This tool is a great tool for me to use in the classroom because their are more and more students who speak Spanish. It would be neat to have my students learn some simple greetings to make those students feel like we care about their background. You know what they say, "Knowledge is power!" Well I would like to change it to "Technology is Power!"