Class as of 11/1

I'm really confused as to whether or not we are supposed to do a normal blog post on top of the other 3 so I'm doing this just in case. In class I thought we were told to just do the 3, but then the website still has the questions so...?

WHAT

We are learning about digital stories and the best way to present them to the class, as well as the most useful tactics and elements to include in them to make them effective.

SO WHAT

This helps me to have more capabilities and skills as a teacher. It will prepare me for the future to give more variety to my lessons in class and in every-day presentations. It also will help me to have more skills to teach my students.

NOW WHAT

Learning how to use new technology and software helps me to be more valuable to the staff. It also will help the students to learn how to use different software and programs as I teach the different concepts to them and they complete different tasks using all of them. This kind of project has to be worked on in class, but if they ever wanted to use the information for out-of-class projects, they can easily download the free software to do so.

VIDEO

The video "Did You Know" about technology and corresponding numbers was very interesting. However, the most interesting was "A Vision of Students Today." It was COMPLETELY true and I could relate to it 100%. It's true that technology may help us, but it sure distracts us as well! I know plenty of people (including myself) that are on Facebook instead of in class. I know texting is probably even more prevalent. It's more important to socialize than listen to the 2nd hour of a boring lecture, especially when it seems like the class does not pertain to you or your future at all. I think some of this occurs just out of habit of checking email and Facebook all the time, and then the urge of needing to continue to check it even during class. It can be very helpful, but very distracting at the same time.