UEN Reflection

I haven't finished my UEN assignment so I am going to do a basic reflection. In all honesty the UEN website didn't get me nearly as fired up as the google implements did. I am happy for the resources it provides for me, but I didn't find it as applicable for my students. I am really excited to pour over the lesson plans and tweak them to my style, I think that will be a huge benefit for me. I honestly don't know if I plan on using it in the future. I think I will if my district's network won't allow me to use Google.

Video Response
These videos were really interesting. It's a huge question. "How can we prepare our students for a world that is constatnly changing?" Unfortunatley for these videos I don't think that technology is the only solution. I believe that technology is a huge part of it, but using all the technology in the world is not going to help some teachers accomplish the goal. We need teachers who care about their students lives not just their grades. We need students with energy stridind around the class room waking kids up to the wonderful material they have. Technology is awesome but lets get real, everyone knows of a teacher that shows a video every chance they get, and hey, videos are technology so they're doing great right? I plan on using technology very often but it will not be the basis for my instruction.