In the video with Mrs. Cassidy she talks about how she integrates technology in her first grade class. The technique Mrs. Cassidy talks about the most in the Skype interview is blogging. She talks about how her students love to blog instead of just writing with a pencil and paper because they have an audience. They have a thing on their blog that counts how many people read their post, which in return makes them feel important and what they are writing about is relevant. I would use this technique the most in my classroom when I become a teacher because it keeps the students interested in a subject and you can change what they blog about so it is always changing.
Some of the impediments you might have with blogging is cheating. That was one of the questions a student asked in the Skype video was if cheating was a problem. Mrs. Cassidy stated it could be a problem if the teacher does not keep the subject the students are blogging about relevant. When you give a subject students are interested in they will become excited about the subject and it will no longer become something they have to but something they want to do.
One of the benefits of using Mrs. Cassidy approaches about twitter was about followers. She said that if you follow people that sparks your interest or something that you are involved in them you will prosper in that area. For Twitter she gave the example that for students in EDM310, like I am, then maybe you will want to follow people on Twitter that are also in the process of trying to become a teacher or teachers that are just starting off. From that you will gain experience from their mistakes or interesting techniques to use.
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