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Scholarly Inquiry:  Head Banging Required (not the heavy metal music kind)

10/20/2012

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     First of all I want to know where was this tutorial when I first started Univerisy?  Seriously.  This would have saved me a lot of time and the dent in my wall where I bang my head in despair would be noticeably smaller!  I am so "stealing" this information and will share it with every student who crosses my path.
     I found this week's assignment invaluable.  Not only am I able to navigate the world wide web with more acuracy, but more importantly, I have been introduced to some pretty cool resources.  I feel that it is my duty as a classroom teacher to help my students learn to navigate the internet with efficancy.  It has great potential for fantastic learning opportunities, but at the same time I must be aware of the dangers of the web.  I must be cognizant of this each time I allow my students computer access.
     I was particularly thrilled to learn about social bookmarking.  I am on Pintrest and I really enjoy the sharing of information.  I never thought about this being a tool for my students as well as a way to collaborate with colleagues.  I look forward to using this technological tool in the future.  I think the possiblilies of shared information on the internet is endless.  I shouldn't have to kill myself reinventing the wheel.  My specalty is teaching children, not creating amazing websites that contain the best games ever! (I will have to practice those skills a little more).  But a skill I now posess is to find the best educational games ever! and I can share those with my students.  It is another example of how technology can assist in learning  for all students - no head banging required.  Now to find the mud to fix my wall...
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