Final Class Reflection blog

My final reflection for this class is that, first of all, I liked the class material very much. I think this is the heart of the classes about using technology to enhance my classroom, which is essentially why I enrolled in this program in the first place. I really enjoyed learning about all the different technologies in the classroom--and specifically, some things to have students do with technology. I enjoyed finding cool technological tools, I enjoyed (as much as one can enjoy research) researching copyright laws for my digital citizenship project. (Or at least I learned a lot about a topic I had wanted to know more about.) I thought the technology imlementation project was worthwhile--as far as requiring us to require our students to use technology. The textbook was ok--could have been a little better, but as far as the class itself, it has been one of the more enjoyable classes I've taken so far.
I think what I will take out of this class is the idea that it's not enough as a teacher to use technology in the classroom for our students--we really ought to teach and require them to use it as well. That LoTi Level survey we took helped me to realize that while I use technology, I don't require my students to as often as I could or should. I hope this makes me think more often about how to encourage and require my students to use technology more, and more effectively.