Technology

I have learned so much about technology through this course. One useful thing that I have discovered is how to create websites and wikis. I did not have a clue how to do either one of these before the course. Now I feel confident enough to not only create a classroom website and wiki but to manage them in an efficient and useful manner. I will most definitely be using both of these tools in my future classroom.

I have also learned a lot about digital images. Now I know how to properly re-size and use images in a professional manner. Before I was used to copy and pasting onto a social network site. Now I know that tiff is not good to use on the internet because the image appears too large but jpg, gif, and png are perfectly acceptable for web use. I also learned that raster cannot be re-sized without be distorted but vector can. I also learned that for web purposes the image should be around 72 pixels.

Another important aspect on technology that I have gained from this class is about copyright issues. I learned that anything is fair game for inside the classroom as long as it stays within the walls of the class itself. I can only take 10% or 15 photos from a collection whichever one is the least amount. Learning about all the copyright issues has definitely made me more aware of the issue. I saved the slides that gave the information about fairuse, copyright, public domain, and creative commons so I can refer to it when I have my own classroom.