MY ICT REFLECTIONS

I entered the ICT class with mixed emotions, with eagerness and trepidation. I was eager to learn how I can use technology to help my students and in my function as a Reading Specialist when I graduate. I was not too eager because I am not techno-savvy and it seems I have too left hands when I am learning things dealing with technology. My interest in the Computer was to type my work, receive and send email messages and access myelearning to gather information for my courses.
I must say for the past two months I was bombarded with technology to use in teaching. I had a faint idea about some of them but some I had never heard about. Digital Storytelling, Podcast and Wikis (I know about Wikipedia) never heard about them! Blog, saw the term online. Never was tempted to click on it to find out what it was all about. Ebooks a faint recollection. Webspiration, I saw it being used by Dr. James in his presentations. The majority of us were in awe. Never knew we could download it for free! I never knew so many technologies could be downloaded for free. Like everyone else, I came out smiling after learning about ebooks. I went home that same night and made one. I could hardly wait to make one (some) for my class. I now enjoying blogging and receiving such wonderful ideas from my colleagues. I still have to get some more practice in Wikis because I love it since it encourages collaboration. I still need also to practice the Digital Storytelling before attempting to teach it. I was sorry that we did not have hands on practice in using Podcast since I realized it is ideal for fluency in Reading especially since we have to write lessons using the technologies we have learnt. How about you? How was your ICT experience?