CEDO 599 Week 1

I couldn't make this week's class meeting due to "Preview Night" which is one of our large recruitment nights for perspective students and families. I had to represent the Business & Information Technology Department and show off our courses and related student organizations. After viewing the class recording, it is just what I had expected the class to be. I'm excited about the planning and implementation of my culminating experience. This year has been full of staff development in regards to technology but for my culminating experience I want to expand my audience beyond the staff I work with on a daily basis. I want to reach the parents as well as students who I don't have in class to share some of these great technology tools. The first tool I'd like to share information on is Google Docs. Our system adopted Google Apps for Edu this year and I've been slammed with questions from students as well as emails and phone calls from parents who aren't familiar with Google Docs and some of the other Google tools like Calendar. By providing some training to parents and students who I don't see in my classes, I'm hoping the students and parents can be more educated and use the tools to the extent that they can be. I'm also excited about sharing some other Web 2.0 tools with the teachers besides the tools that I am able to share during my visits. I'd like to highlight a tool that can be used as well as give examples (real classroom ideas and examples) of how the tools are being used so teachers can see the application and hopefully inspire those "ah ha" moments. I can't believe this program is coming to a close. It really does seem like yesterday that the first course started.