Virtual class

Selfishly I spoke up for having the last two classes be virtual but I was speaking for the class since everyone stated that is what they wanted. I will say I have enjoyed not having to pay for a babysitter or for gas @$3.61/gal; however, I think I would have liked to had class tonight, our last class. I am having problems with getting my video made. My computer is having technically difficulty with audio. I also would have liked to share the skype experience with the class. It was extremely cool to do for me and for my students. It was as if we stepped into the future and made it our present. This was something we, as a class, had only seen on tv but not experienced in person. I also think that the virtual class would have been better to try when we were using skype for the first time and then try it again later.

This class has been a wonderful experience. At first I was leary of how it could be incorporated with literacy, but now I have used it for poetry webquest, podcast with book report, and digital books of student stories. I want to begin gaggle, podcasts, and blogging at the beginning on next school year. There has been so much to learn. I worried I wouldn't be able to keep abreast of the newest and latest but Dave reassured me that I could first his website to see what is going on in technology that is related to literacy.