Well, I thought I would try adding a picture from my camara at home since I could not upload them from my phone. I am not sure the porter cable I have is the right one and it is not working. I finally made it work!!!

Baaad day!!!

I have been trying to get the pictures from my phone to the computer. I did it before but today does not want to happen. I am not sure I have the right wire. I have reading through the RSS information. It all looks very easy and simple but for some reason eventhough I have found some interesting websites to which I thought I had subscribed it did not show in my my reader. I think I have been going at it for too long. I am not a cyber learner that is for sure. I get very distracted with everything I find. So many things to read and look at. I am posting this blog and walking away. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day. I sure hope so!!! Have a great Saturday evening.

I started using more technology on the last semester. We started doing journal blogging in my advanced Spanish class. I have also been searching more on the web for materials that may be interesting to my students so we can view them in class.

I would like to give my students more assignment that can be created with technology. For instance, in previous years we have done videos for cooking projects. It was usually hard to do because some students had no video cameras. I think now it could be very easy since most phones have videos and cameras.

Another thing I would like technology with would be having my own web site for the class. I was surprised to find several teachers who have their own websites where they post songs, homework, projects and videos for their students. I would love to do something like that so my students can work also independently and revisit what has been learned in class.

Last semester I also learned about google docs. I would like to introduce that to my students so they can collaborate and do projects together without having the trouble of having to get together.

As a whole I find technology extremely fascinating. I think last semester class was very helpful because it made me less afraid. I hope to get even more confident so I can use it even more. Just yesterday, in class we watched a video on You Tube about some grammar point my students were not getting. I could not believe how attentively they watch that video. Not only that but also now my students can go to that web site and watch it again if needed. Students can definitely benefit for using technology.

I am very excited about this class. Last semester it got me motivated to use more technology in the class. I have been using blogging in the classroom but I have still many questions about it. I am very excited to learn more. It amazes me all the things that are available with the use of technology.