Up until this past year I have never had much technology integrated into my classes. It was always just the same old websites, a overhead, the elmo, etc. This past year in CEP 431 and CEP 432, deaf ed classes with Dr. Johnson, we used technology ALOT and it was very helpful! For both classes we had a class Wiki, assignments which were completed via Skype with students not only from different schools in Michigan, but students in the Pacific islands as well as teachers throughout the U.S. We also had many class discussions and lessons about how to integrate technology into the classroom and how helpful it can actually be. These two classes have opened my eyes so much to technology in the classroom and I feel like they were a really good introduction to the things we are learning in CEP 416.

Also in the past year I have been going to many different elementary school placements, both for general education as well as deaf education. I am surprised at how I haven't seen much technology being used in these classrooms, especially the deaf ed resource rooms. The things I have seen in these classrooms are the same things I feel like I have been using since I was in elementary school. I hoping that in the future I will be able to see technology being integrated more in the classroom.

You know, this class is starting to make me feel like I am not as technology savy as I once thought I was. Already I am confused as ever trying to make all of these sites and what-not. I once agreed with Trisha who posted last week that she wanted to learn how to use this new info in the Deaf ed world. But as of now, I'll be happy if I just really learn how to understand it on my own, and learn the ways to adapt it later. I'm hoping in the next few weeks my confusion can be reduced and I wont feel so overwhelmed!!

Hello!

My technology background is not as big as I would like it to be. Although I have had exposure to many different technologies, I do not feel like I know enough about them to be able to use them effectively. In highschool I took a word processing class which helped me learn many things about Word that I never knew exsisted, but becuase it has been so long since I took the class, and I do not use these skills all of the time, I have forgotten many of the things that I learned. This is the only real structured class I have taken that deals with technology. During my school years I have seen such things as overhead projectors, elmos, and smart boards be used, but I have never personally used them. This past year in one of my classes the prof was really big on using technology, and he did many things to get the class used to working with different technologies. Some of the different things we had to use were a class wiki and skype. It was my first time using both, and although I was able to get some expierence, I still wouldn't call myself an expert.
During this class I hope to become more knowledgeable about different types of technologies and be able to better understand how I can incorporate them into my classroom. In many of my previous classes we have talked about how important it is to use technology in the classroom, but we have never really learned how we can do this or with what types. This is something I am very interested in learning and being able to do.