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The information shared in the presentation is quite interesting. It shows that technology is rapidly spreading across the globe. The countries around the world are getting connected through the use of technological tools. Therefore, it is quite clear that teachers should equip themselves to use technologies in their everyday teachings, as such their students would also be better prepare for the future.
I must admit that this presentation is quite shocking. I personally did not know that people within the United States and around the world are using myspace.com and Google that often. Since people around the world are having easy access to the internet, life will change into a more technological way. Finally, life will become more complicated, since everyone will be required to know how to use technology in whatever he/she may endeavors.

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Bud Hunt
Bud Hunt is a Bolger and a pod caster. He points out that technological tools help to better equip a teacher in the classroom. Students tend to learn best when they have access to tools in their learning environment. According to Bud Hunt, school safety, time, and availability of resource personnel are vital for bogging and pod casting to be successful. Nevertheless, he talks about the proper supervision of children when using technology. I agree with Bud that important current events do trigger students to think openly. It enables students to learn best since students tend to learn best from their peers rather than from a formal classroom setting. I really like this pod cast. It is quite entertaining and the artist definitely channels his message to the general audience. If you would like to listen to Bud Hunt pod cast click on http://www.budtheteacher.com/ In conclusion, I really like the fact that the artist made this presentation while traveling with his family.

Julie Lindsay

Julie Lindsay is a Grade one teacher. She feels that learning takes place best through interactions. Lindsay teaches her students to use Wiki. She teaches her students to create a Wiki account. The students are able to use their Wiki account to communicate with their fellow students. I am really amazed that although Bangladesh is a third world nation, it is using technology to foster effective learning. In addition, Julie Lindsay shares her experiences about blogger.com etc. If you want to view Julie’s video, visit http://k12onlineconference.org the artist also maintains the fact that the availability of technological tools do cause effective learning and teaching to take place.

Ann Davis

Ann Davis outlines the fact that teachers do go through major obstacles in order to use effective tools in the classroom. She points out that internet safety is a major factor when considering using the technological tools in the classroom. Davis believes that creativity and freedom of students’ interactions in the classroom do foster effective learning. I agree with Ann that all teachers, parents and caregivers should work together to help in the development of all students. I think Ann prospect on bogging is the same as mine, where students should be able to have the freedom and access to bogging and other technological tools. To hear Ann Davis’ audio visit http://k12online.wm.edu/Daviskeynotes.mp3 I really love these three links they were quite interesting and motivational.

Important Websites

The following websites are very interactive and suitable for classroom learning. They are easy to manipulate and their data are easy to access.

(1) The first website www.coolmath.com is an amazing site. It hosts many interactive games and information. Students are able to complete activities by themselves and then double check their answers against the web’s answers. The site also contains songs and rhymes that entertain the learner.

(2) The next site www.microsoftoffice.com provides help for anyone that needs help with PowerPoint presentation. The site also provides animated pictures for any presentation. The pictures are free of charge. The qualities of the pictures are explicit.

(3) Finally, the site www.dogpile.com is a very good site to obtain data for classroom use. This site entails numerous animated and manipulated activities that are both teacher and student friendly. In addition, this site is an excellent source for teachers to access teaching materials.

Welcome to the Corral

I fully agree with the phrase "We live in an intensely exciting world. Learning about that world should be just as exciting!". I find the teaching profession to be a very exciting and adventurous career. Teachers and students are constantly on the move to solve problems either through research or experiment. The results may bring out clarity and even set other citeria for future investigation. For example, last semester, my class and I have wanted to observe the internal organs of a frog, so I led my students to frogurt.com and the students were able to explore the internal parts of a frog. As a result my students were able to satisfy their curiosity by finding out details for themselves. Nevertheless, it is quite clear that our world is indeed becoming more meaningful and excited. Students can now use technology at their disposal to explore data that was once difficult to get access to in the past. Finally, Mr. Warlick is quite right by saying that our world is indeed interesting and when we learn more about that world it creates excitements in our lives.