It seems like ever since I read the book about the iStudent, I've paid more attention to technology in my life. The book introduced me to the concept of using mobile devices and social media for learning. Before reading, I had never heard of such a thing. I found the concept to be amazing, but I also doubted it. At the present stage, I wouldn't even consider using anything other than books, pencils, and paper in my classroom. Aside from the basics, I've even begun using my Promethean Board more. I use it to introduce lessons, morning work, display the problem of the day, show videos, movies, and to even review problems by allowing the students to use it. It's a very convenient tool that even the students enjoy using.
For a class assignment, I was required to create an online survey to distribute to teachers. Luckily, this was a group assignment, because I've never created a survey before. My group members chose to use Google Docs, because one person said they have previous experience using it. As he was creating the survey, I watched in amazement. At one point, all three of us were typing into the document simultaneously. I had never seen anything like it. The more I typed, the more intrigued I was. Eventually we concluded the edits to the survey and chose to finalize the entire thing. As excited as I was to send out the survey and begin analyzing results, I was told by my principal that I wasn't allowed to initiate surveys in the building. Now whaaaaaaaaaat?!
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