Reflection Blog Posting

My Instructional Design and Technology class has taught me many things that I will certainly choose to implement in my future classroom. I have realized the importance of technology integration and teaching to learners using multiple types of resources. 

The most important and useful thing I have made this semester has been my teacher website. I really enjoyed finding things to post on my website. I felt that all of the pages had great resources for coworkers, fellow teachers, parents, and students. I enjoyed creating my website using my own personal touches and decorative ideas. I will definitely refer back to my teacher website when I make one for my future classroom. I love the idea of providing information about what my students are learning on my curriculum page. Ms. Tackett's Classroom

I also found the Portaportal to be useful to fellow teachers, parents, and students. I loved finding resources that I may choose to use in my future teaching. I was blown away by the amount of free graphic organizers, games, calendar tools, classroom posters, etc. that are free and printable online! I loved being able to share what I found with whoever takes the time to check out my Portaportal. Rebecca's Portaportal

I am very excited about working on the Digital Storytelling Project and would love to use this tool in my own classroom. I would love to have one digital story each week and make sure that I can link it into whatever I am teaching within that week. Students love listening to stories and we all know they love technology! I believe this is a great way to encourage both (listening to stories, telling stories, and using technology). I would also love to have my students work to make their own classroom digital story. Depending on the age of my students I could also have them work in groups to make digital stories. 

Overall, this class has offered many wonderful learning opportunities and I look forward to using these ideas in my own classroom.