Mark

Currently, I'm feeling pretty good about how things are going with this class. I love the fact that I actually get to use a wiki page, and have been taught more in the first 3 hours of exploring the page than I was in about 3 days if being introduced to wiki's last year.
 * Reflections:**

I'm excited to actually get the opportunity to learn more commonly used technology items that content teachers use in their classrooms. Most of the technology forums that I've seen have dealt exclusively with Music, and at times, becomes boring. If I'm bored or my ADD kicks in, I can only imagine the level of apathy that must form with the students when they are fed up of the same ole' song and dance day in and day out.

I would like the chance to find new forms of technology that haven't been utilized by educators yet, and see how we can create a stronger, more healthy learning environment for the students.

**MY PLN!!**



Above is my beginning PLN. While not as high-tech as I would have liked due to download and connective issues, I feel it represents where I actively get the most knowledge and information currently.

__**Questions for my students:**__

1) Think of different activities in school that you have done using technology. What about those activities did you like? What didn’t you like? What would you change to make the activity more interesting for you?

2) If you had a choice between going out and hanging with your friends face-to-face, and having chats with each one at the same time on your computer/phone, which would you prefer to do? Why?

3) Pretend you are in Music class right now, while the teacher is instructing. You have a piece of technology that has access to the internet. You don’t understand something about what the teacher just taught, and you have a question you need to ask in order to clarify information. Do you raise your hand and ask the teacher, or do you surf the web and find the answer for yourself? What made you choose that method of learning?

4) Please put the following activities in order of most enjoyable/interesting to least enjoyable/interesting:


 * Going somewhere to hang with your friends
 * Downloading and listening to music on the computer
 * Playing video games
 * Reading (not online or by handheld device)
 * Reading (online or by handheld device)
 * Playing a sport or game involving physical activity
 * Talking with friends in person
 * Talking with friends via online or cell phone

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