Week 8 Reflection Emerging Technologies

During week 6 and week 7, I have learned a whole lot about myself as well as emerging technologies. I never thought to use MUVEs in the math classroom, but I got to take a look at some other people’s sites and see how it works. It is extremely important to stay in the loop when it comes to technology. With math, there is a constant need to keep things interesting and keep the students on their toes because otherwise they seem to get bored. I also learned a lot about writing grants. I actually had to participate in a grant writing this year with my supervisor in order to get a SmartBoard put into my room, so I had some idea about it, but it was even more eye-opening to read some of the articles on good grant-writing skills. I plan on now working harder to keep up with the emerging technologies to help support my students as 21st century learners. The more excited that I am about using this technology, the more excited that the students will be to learn this new material. I also want to show my colleagues more of the technologies so that they can incorporate this into their classrooms. It is important that we prepare our students for the real-world because they will not forever be students. We are getting them ready for their lives once they are done with high school, so it is very crucial that we teach them whatever we can while we have them.