Author: ltf131

This semester in EDTC400 we were to mentor and help out our peers from EDTC300 through online interactions and sharing resources. Although I started off the semester slow, as we progressed through the semester together it proved to be a very rewarding experience.  This online … Continue reading →

Our fourth and final day of the debates was perhaps the most controversial one thus far.  I say this because we dealt with some fairly debateable, yet touchy subjects.  The first topic we discussed was focused on the idea that Educators have a … Continue reading →

Our third day of The Great Edtech Debate came with a very interesting topic.  That topic is Educators should share lessons, resources, and other materials that they have created openly online. The results at the beginning of the debate kind of shocked me … Continue reading →

Our second experience of ‘The Great Edtech Debate’ was just as engaging as the first.  There were some pretty controversial and well debated topics being discussed.  The first one was focused on the statement ‘social media is ruining childhood,’ and the second … Continue reading →

The second debate of The Great EdTech Debate was also very engaging as it was about another very controversial topic.  The idea of schools to stop teaching ‘googleable’ facts in classrooms was one that had me on the fence the entire … Continue reading →

            This week in #EDTC400 we began our coverage of “The Great EdTech Debate.”  Myself, along with classmates have been looking forward to these debates all semester and let me tell you, the first day did not disappoint.               We began with a debate surrounding … Continue reading →

I have recently been exploring the concept of technology in the classroom and whether or not it is useful.  This is a very abstract idea as technology and the ways we use it is fairly new to all of us, both … Continue reading →

This week in EDTC 400 my group had the privilege of presenting our mini lesson to the class. The lesson was entered around 10th grade English, and the social responsibilities that come from social media use. We also tried to … Continue reading →

Technology today is rapidly changing and evolving much faster than humans can keep up. One thing that has come from technology that is taking over the world is the internet.  The internet has a wide variety of purposes that let people … Continue reading →

Twitter was always one of those social media sites that I never used. While there was no particular reason for this, I never really saw Twitter as a platform I could really use. Twitter is perhaps one of the most … Continue reading →