Educated

Please take some time out to listen to my podcast. I really felt this vodcast off YouTube was valuable.

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Check out the video on YouTube!

Tonight I discovered the world of YouTube, I could have never imagined the amount of digital presentations which have been uploaded on there. I started watching a sample commentary Kath Cassidy’s Yr 1 Class Use of Social Software, Telling the New Story I then found myself after 2 hours of discovering other peoples posts, I am now becoming aware of how utterly important technology is within today’s classrooms. One of the main messages across many presentations was we have to create a classroom where they will learn best to connect them to their world.

Although YouTube was so exciting, Kath Cassidy’s presentation made me feel like I was on a virtual tour of her classroom.  Cassidy explains throughout the video how she wasn’t very familiar with the new technologies out there. On the delivery of new computers she found herself becoming more familiar with the software and programs available so that the children would be able benefit from having the technology in their classroom.  Through allowing the students to use the internet for blogging it is proven to improve the student s literacy abilities as well as permitting the parents to view their student’s creations online at their discretion.

 Cassidy’s video has widened my perspectives on technology and how it should be used within the classroom and its importance.

Reference:
Kath Cassidy’s Yr 1 Class Use of Social Software. Telling the New Story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ8VAef8QM4