Last Week's Presentation

Last week I chose to attend the McKay School of Education's Technology Project presentation and awards ceremony. I was there from 3-4pm, and had the following thoughts.

First, I was surprised by how many people I knew from my education classes that had decided to participate in the event. I was impressed with several of my friend's projects and how interesting their projects could be when presented in a classroom setting. Actually, some of my closest friends from my English classes won third place! I am really excited for them. Their project was the diigo and brain-map websites to help students write persuasive essays.

Second, I was interested in all of the different ways that technology can impact the classroom. From diigo to google-docs to asynchronis video presentations. That was the one that I thought was coolest - Amiee and what's-his-name's project with video. I will be sure to use the "basic" technologies of diigo and google docs, but connecting to other classrooms and experts with video I think is what can be really interesting for middle and high school history students.

Third, a small part of me wished that I had done one of these projects as well. Not just for the money, but for the experience getting to be familiar with different technologies to use in the classroom. I basically thought that the whole project was a really cool idea, and I hope that the McKay school will be doing it again next year.