This week has been another bunch of new experiences. For group work this week we had to construct a page called a "Teaching Tool Kit" which contained links to helpful sites we found about integrating aspects of teaching with technology.
I am so used to having classes in person and meeting in the library to collaborate on group projects, and it is a totally new experience to get on the computer and use a program like gtalk to meet as a group. These forms of technology are confusing at first, but once I get a handle on them they can make some aspects of life and school a lot easier. On my days off from school, it is a lot easier to get on the computer from my house to have a group meeting, rather than get in the car and come all the way to school.
It is also helpful to be able to go on moodle and read the discussion forums to see what questions or problems other students are having. A lot of the time, before I E-mail the teacher, I go on the discussion forum to see if somebody has had the same question and maybe my question has already been asked and answered. Not like I want to see other students have problems, but it also feels good to know that when I am confused or when I have a problem with part of an assignment that I am not the only one. Sometimes in class I feel like maybe I'm the only one who is not understanding, but probably a lot of people feel the same way and are just not saying it out loud.
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