The class is over! I can't believe that it went by so fast. In comparison to my other courses taken at UT over the past four years, I can say that this class engaged me much more than the others! I felt like I was learning something beneficial EACH day, and this class made me excited and eager to start teaching. I feel that the things Jeff taught us will be very helpful in the future.
One of the last things we learned how to do was build a website. When the time came to start, FEAR was an understatement of my feelings toward this assignment. I was used to dealing with the html stuff and being frustrated by all of these codes that I had NO CLUE about! However, with google sites, web design was easy----and, dare I say----FUN. It is amazing how quickly one can create a wonderful, creative, unique site that still serves as an information tool for the classroom. I especially enjoyed how easy it was to create and organize new pages and add them to the sidebar. There's no telling what all I will be able to create for my classes in the future.
I had heard many horror stories about IT486 and the demands of it, but in hindsight, I can say that our class had a wonderful, PATIENT teacher who was willing to show us over and over again how to do things that seemed impossible!
As a future music teacher/band director, I couldn't see how on earth technology could be used in a bandroom where it is already a challenge to get students to operate their instruments! However, after taking this course, I can say that many of the things taught will make my teaching easier. I plan to create a band website, use Webquest, Google Docs, and iMovie (for band banquets, senior gifts, and performances) just for starters. I hope to try all of the technology taught in the class, at least once, to see how it works in the bandroom.
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