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I greatly enjoyed the PowerPoint Interaction assignment because there is so much that you can do with it! I had always wondered how teachers made games such as Jeopardy and I did not realize it was a just a formula of hyperlinks. I think I enjoyed this assignment because it is closely related to Excel. I did not like the research part of the assignment even though it was obviously necessary I just didn’t enjoy it. In the future I plan on always remembering to look if there is an online template for something. I hope to take advantage massive variety of resources available to teachers online.

I enjoyed the blogs on digital natives because I felt as if everyone in the class was on the same page. No one seemed to remember a time without technology and felt that they had a divide with older educators that did. I am interested to see how this effects the future of the classroom. I also enjoyed the blogs on future technologies because it was so cool to hear about all the technologies and how other students thought they would useful. Some technologies that I thought were particularly cool was the Oculus Rift virtual reality helmet and Sphero

Another technology related skill at I would have been interested in learning is Videoconferencing skills. Being able to conduct interactive lessons online could be one of the new upcoming structures of classes. I think that these skills would be beneficial because you can reach any student at any time from almost anywhere. One program in particular that I would like to try is Skype for Business. It allows to connect up to 250 people for only $2.00 per person. It creates an online meeting place which could easily be turned into a classroom. http://www.skype.com/en/business/

The best way to master a program is through trial and error. Therefore, I think that the most effective way to learn how to use technology is to spend the time to play around with the programs. My future technology goal is to use programs such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Edmodo properly and utilize all of the functions. I will complete this goal by not only practicing with the programs but also using the internet to see how other educators have succeed in the past.