Week 2

I'm in my final semester for Graduate School (at Radford University - Go Highlanders!) and I have one last elective lingering over my head. I've chosen an educational technology course to help develop my technology skills in order to become a better (cooler) teacher. In our 21st century world, the classrooms and our students are changing at lightening speed. Even though I am in my mid-20's and highly addicted to facebook, I am not computer savvy in the least bit. Our course objectives almost made me drop the class, even after an engaging and motivating 3-hour class, I thought to myself, how on earth am I going to complete any assignments in here?

Here are our course objectives for the semester:

1. -create a series of augmented reality games and implement them in your classroom.
   
2. -create a Youtube channel to support other teachers across the world who are interested in integrating technology.
   
3. -create and share via the iLearn website a video library of iPod Touch integration strategies
   
4. -Develop an online relationship with teachers from other countries and Skype their classes into your classes throughout the semester as a cultural exchange.
   
5. -Create an iPod Touch integration blog to share ideas, lesson plans, etc.
   
6. -and many more...
   
   
   At first I was totally hooked on the reality games, and in fact, I still would like to give it a try. My biggest obstacle is I'm a student teacher in a kindergarten classroom, and implementing augmented reality games to 5 and 6-year olds seems a little far fetched. My second choice would be to Skype a teacher friend of mine who is in Africa, although more obstacles arise. She is in a 6th grade classroom - what do kindergarteners and 6th graders have in common? Plus our computers at school don't have cameras, so how are they going to see us? And is it really going to be beneficial and cultural for kindergarteners to chat with people on a computer a few times? The only other objective that is slightly appealing would be to blog about the iPod Touch... if only I had an iPod Touch in my classroom to actually use...
   
   
   Oh dilemma's... dilemma's... It's only week two and my anxiety is through the roof...