I would love to say that I use technology to its fullest extent in my classroom, but that wouldn't be honest. My use of technology has evolved. My lessons are posted on Edline and most of my parent communication takes place through email. It's wonderful to be able to streamline say a commercial or something from the news to accentuate a lesson. The kids seem to really enjoy polleverywhere.com, and though it may not have a tremendous amount of educational value, it does serve as an effective hook. I have used my iPad to serve as a learning tool for my ESL students through the Flashcards Pro app and online books.
There are several areas of technology, however, where I am falling short. For example, essays for my AP classes should be submitted electronically, but I haven't gotten there yet. I would like to make good use of blogs as well. It would be nice to have something like what Marshall uses, Blackboard, to better manage assignments. My daughter used this program somewhat at Fairland and it was set up with a program that checked for plagiarism. That would be useful. In essence, I may have come a long way, but I have a long way yet to go before I can proudly claim to promote technology in my classroom.
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