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What I Learned In This Class

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What? This class has helped develop my critical thinking and creativity skills. This class was focused on experimenting with different technologies and then applying them to our future as educators. Prior to taking this course, I did not have a lot of hands-on experience using technologies that I would consider using in my classroom. We explored many technologies over the course of our class, including, Makersapce, Littlebits, 2D and 3D printers, Spheres, and Coding. Each week during lab we were given a different technology to explore and learn about. We had to creativity come up with things to invent or design. We then used these creations to develop lesson plans for how we would use the technology in our own classroom. The time …show more content…

In the future, this encourages me to take my time discovering technology and allowing my students to do the same. This class has developed my curiosity in providing a maker experience for my future students. I want to promote creativity and critical thinking in my classroom and I think that Makerspace is a perfect way to do that. I know that hands-on learning is important for children, Makerspace provides these hands-on activities and bringing these activities into my classroom is something that I want to continue to practice and learn more about. Throughout my time in this course, I have set many goals for myself as a student and as a teacher. As a student using technology, I want to give myself more time to understand the technology, be open-minded in using new technologies that may seem difficult to master, and to continue to creatively use the technologies we have experimented with in this course. As a teacher, I want to use technology effectively in my classroom, bring in technologies that students have not used before and technologies that force students to think outside of the box, give students time to experiment and play with the technologies that they are given, and to continue integrating new technologies into my classroom so I can learn along with my

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