5364Reflection+-+Teaching+with+Technology

In "Teaching with Technology", our final project was to work in groups as technology specialists to create a plan to implement differentiated instruction in our school. As a group, we found that o ne of the challenges we face ahead in implementing a plan such as this is that some teachers will likely not be excited about the idea of changing their method of teaching in the classroom. However, as we model these technologies in staff development, we believe that these teachers will become excited about the endless possibilities that it provides, and develop their own ideas about how to use it in their classrooms. Though it is likely there may still be a few of our colleagues still challenging this change, we feel that it is an important need for our students' learning to implement using these new technologies to their fullest potential possible.

My favorite part of the class was to use the book builder online program to create a book. I found book builder to be a very promising tool to be able to help kids in the future. Although it took quite a while, and is very tedious work to complete a project, I actually found it fun and easy to use. What using this project taught me, as one who has never written a book, is that there is a lot more that goes in to writing a book than I would have ever imagined. I can see, though, that while this can be very useful for all students, it can be especially useful for those with disabilities.