Well folks, welcome to my first ever blog post! I have always wanted to have a blog but never felt that I had too much to 'blog' about! I am in my first year of the Education program at Brandon University and for my my ICT in Education course we can create a blog to reflect on what we are learning every week. This blog is where I will share my thoughts and experiences with you as I venture into the world of ICT in education.
I am a firm believer in using technology in the classroom. Society is changing and we need to adapt our classrooms to keep up with this change so that our students learn to use this technology properly.
This week we talked about the importance of curation and discussed some examples and how they are beneficial. Curation is when you work through and sort out the information on the internet so you have easier access to information that you may need more often. I know that myself I use so many different websites that having bookmarks and categories is the only way that I can find them and use them again. I use curation in many programs such as Pinterest, website bookmarks, Google Docs, YouTube channels. All of this is very useful in the classroom to both teacher and students. You can keep a group of all the websites your students may need for research or informational purposes so they are easier to find.
All of these different programs can amaze our lives as teachers easier and more convenient. Because technology is such an important factor in the classroom curation will make it easier because as teachers we are already so busy we don't need to be spending our time searching for videos, pictures, or websites.
Till next time!
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