552 Wrap-up

After visiting Richard Byrne’s blog at www.freetech4teachers.com I discovered there are many more uses for technology in my own teaching strategies than I ever thought there could be.  This blog helped me discover things such as video sites other than youtube, which are very beneficial to myself and all teachers.  I also enjoyed discovering the free guides he has posted.  Most of these guides share ways to implement technology into the classroom and what new technology there is to use with students.  I believe that based on Mr. Byrne’s blog the most useful thing I found for my class would be the tips on creating blogs and websites.  Teaching PE, I would love to starts a website or blog that students can go on to and find information about class and even healthy living.  After reading some tips my mind is racing with ideas to create a blog or website to enhance to overall learning for my students.  

By using twitter for a professional purpose, I have learned that that is a lot of information out there that can be found in less than thirty seconds.  Learning how to network with other teachers around the world has given me the opportunity to become a better teacher and will allow my students to become more engaged in what we are doing.  The most interesting person I followed is Vicki Gould @elempeteacher.  This reason I found her so interesting is because she is so passionate about PE.  She posts great unit plans, games, and articles on the benefits of PE.  I found myself retweeting her post quite often during the last four weeks. I can definitely see myself continuing to use Twitter after this course.  When told that Twitter was a total game changer in the teaching profession I was a little skeptical at first, but after finding out all the ways you can use Twitter professionally I too believe it is a game changer.  I have found myself checking Twitter to find new ways to teach units and also have seen Twitter posts that I have shared with my students because it was relevant to what we were doing that day.