Trying to get back to the blogging world!

Wow!  I had forgotten about this blog.  It is an example of something that I started but life took over and I did not finish or should I say continue.

 My EdTech Trek still continues and as always I jump into things that interest me (and EdTech trends tend to interest me quite a bit!) with both feet.  I am still a work in progress.  I am no guru in the classroom who seamlessly integrates tech into all her lessons but I do see the value of using technology in the classroom to give students the tools to create and collaborate and to discover.  Every time I sit and plan my week, I think of how I can change a lesson to include more of my students.  For me this means using technology.  I have some very quiet students who have great things to say and through the use of Flipgrid, I have been able to hear their voices and see their genuine selves as they speak to a camera.  I have some students who do not consider themselves good writers and when asked to answer a reading response prompt they have told me, "This would have been much better on Flipgrid."

So as I sit here planning my week back after break I am working at finding ways to incorporate technology to allow my students to show me their thinking, to  collaborate on a task, and to make school feel more like the world they live in.