Reflection

1. I guess I could say that my favorite tool that I have in my personal technology toolbox is Photostory. I am working on many organization projects and sharing them with my children. It helped me give myself time to organize all the pictures and having fun doing it. I am looking forward on doing it with my students, as well. I look forward to gathering their pictures during the school year to capture the moment of their learning experience in this totally new environment. I think our kinder students should feel lucky to be at Ridgecrest, not just because of the new building but of the cutting edge technology. They will be the first generation to experience from kinder to 5th grade in these new conditons.

2. I certainly have in my mind that this year will be full of innovations. Again, looking at a new school and combining it with all these technology tools makes me rethink of my methods that I will apply to obtain the best results in benefit of the students' learning. We must change with the changing times. I feel this will be a great opportunity to apply all the technology to obtain the best quality of education.

3. I must admit that I did not think I would have so much fun. At first I was concerned with the time and I wanted to be sure I would finish. But once I started I found that these were very helpful and useful things that I didn't even think the district would allow us to use. Many which I used already. I am happy and surprised that we are able to apply these applications.

I think what surprised me the most was that as I was about to end my reflection one of my students showed me what she did on her DS-XL. To my surprise, she had created a photostory. I am sure it was easier for her to do it than for me, it seems innate to them. I was so pleased to see the creativity they apply on their "games".

Tool 11

The importance of digital citizenship is as important as teaching the students the class rules in the first week of school and reinforceing it all year long. It helps the students to direct their time and attention to learning and not the dangers that the surroundings may have. We as educators must direct them to use technology for educational purposes and explain to them that giving information to strangers is not right in any setting. The three things that I would have clear for the students in this subject is the clear idea of the purWe must make it clear of the dangers that this implies through examples. For kindergarteners the school is new to them and they need to know how to handle themselves. Although technology may not be new to all of the students they need to know its appropriate use.