Blog#1: EDUC 1400

Tech Toolkit 

Link: 

http://www.padlet.com/

In today's world, technology is everywhere you look and it's important to teach students about the academic advantage that come along with using technology. As teachers in this generation, we have a chance to bring a new way of  teaching  to the classroom with technology. The website, Padlet is an electronic bulletin board that can be used to share any information, topic or other data. With this website, you're able to be creative and design your own layout by adding wallpaper, pictures, videos and other outlets. This tech tool is something I will use for a 7th-grade classroom to integrate technology into teaching. In the classroom, this tool can be helpful with teaching lessons. Since it’s online the students will be able to review the lessons at a home or anywhere else. It can also be used in projects, students will learn to communicate with technology in progressive ways. The students will be capable of creating and present their own work and I think that will help them learn better. When you create something of your own instead of just reading about it from a book, the information resonates more.

Another way that I would use this website is as a review chart. The review chart will be a helpful tool for myself and the students. The chart will be divided into three section, what we learned, what we didn't  understand and what can be improved. The students will be allowed to make comments on their class experience. It will give a better understand of what's going well and what needs to change. The parents will also have access to the website and see what they're learning.