LP3

Reflection
I adapted a lesson plan from the GPS frameworks and integrated an element of technology into the lesson, which went surprisingly well. Originally, this lesson had very little technology included into it, but I could see how it would benefit very much by use of the internet, a google spreadsheet and even a glog. I had learned quite a bit from glogster and building my own glog earlier in the assignment, which was very helpful.
 * What was I supposed to accomplish and how?**

I had never heard of glogs, at first I thought it was "blogs" misspelled in the assignment, but what I found was a marvelously inventive tool that could be used for clips, information, drawings, music, just about anything educational and interesting. It was like a class poster that has somehow, miraculously, come to life.
 * What did I learn (growth/progress)?**

I still feel that I am learning, but wish I had taken more time developing my glog. I now see many other things that could be changed and updated. Overall, I am very pleased with the way this assignment turned out, however. I find myself learning more and more each day, and am a little excited by all that can now be accomplished withing the confines of a classroom.
 * What should I have done differently?**

The technology-infused lesson plan seems to turn one and two dimensional lessons into three-dimensional ones, almost as if they come to life. As a teacher, I am now finding so many ideas that I would like to try out in the classroom, whereas before I saw technology more as an "intrusion" into the spontaneous world of teaching. Now I view it as a necessity.
 * Why is this artifact important to my targeted career?**