My learning during week one....

This week of technology class has been a learning experience for me. I have never used elive before and thus was nervous and uncertain as to what expect; however, once I logged on successfully, I began to feel much more confident about the process. I will admit though, that I do not find myself being a huge fan of the program though; call me traditional, but I much prefer seeing the person to whom I am speaking and being able to get the full conversation (ie the nonverbal). In addition, I am a more visual learner and it becomes harder to focus on the conversation if there is no eye contact, visual cues, and so on. Basically, this a new experience in my learning career and even though it may be challenging, I believe the benefits will out weigh the negative.
Aside from the elive experience, I do find the weekley work to be engaging, because it keeps the students focused on practicing or enhancing the new information or skills we talked about in class. For this week, I especially enjoyed the creativity of the video and it opened my eyes as to how much technology there really is available and how little of it is used in the classroom. It's no wonder children don't feel engaged! As a future teacher, my goal in this class is to learn about a vareity of programs and such that are available, learn how to use them, and then think of ways that I can take my new knowledge and use it to encourage my future students. (I would especially love to learn how to create a website.)