Blast-Off! Ready to Use Technology (Mod 9)

In this blog I want to convey two very important messages. One is that prior to taking this course I saw the Internet as a place where I could, for instance, do research for school, check out the movie times for a local theater, email friends, find out the latest news, or preview the menu for a new restaurant. For the most part, these uses were purely personal/social or for entertainment. However, my views have changed, and this brings me to my second message, I truly see the benefits of using the Internet in the classroom. After creating the group Wiki I had this image in my head, that I was ready to "blast-off" with the many Internet features we have investigated in this course. This week with my introduction to Flickr and the applications available I have seen many of "my ideas" already a reality in the Flickr world.

I am admitting to my slow evolution and my growing comfort with the world wide web, thus, I am ready to "blast-off" with the use of technology in the classroom.

{I chose not to insert a creative commons Flickr photo into one of my old posts but have created this new post. I would like to thank Kenny Miller for this photo, Take Off of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-117) uploaded on June 8, 2007}