Reflection Technology Integration

So this response is a tad late, but I had a very eventful Thanksgiving and I honestly forgot about doing the reflections. On Thanksgiving morning my boyfriend of four years proposed to me with pancakes that spelled out "I <3 You, Will you marry me" a rose, and a ring. So we spent the entire weekend telling our families. Although, we are still waiting awhile to set the date.

Anyways, back to technology.

Technology integration can be very useful in middle school. I for one used it a lot in middle school, making power points, writing papers, researching, and finding pictures for collogues. I also took my first computer class in Middle School. I learned to type in that class and I learned how to make PowerPoint’s and basic spread sheets. Also, that teacher is still one of my favorite teachers!

I found that technology has started to become more and more widespread. It used to be that schools would not have requirements for technology to be integrated into the curriculum, but now there are curriculums set on technology. Technology surrounds schools. Teachers rarely do grade books by hand anymore, they are all on computers. Also, students are made to research more and more in the internet rather than in books. I for a fact know that I only had to have one written source for a paper that I wrote, and 6 Internet sources...that says something about how technology has changed.

Web 2.0 Reflection

Top 15 Networking Sites:
Facebook
Twitter
Linkedin
MySpace
Ning
Google+
Tagged
Orkut
hi5
myyearbook
Meetup
Badoo
Bebo
mylife
friendster

Reflect on how one or more of these sites have changed how you communicate, collaborate, view, create, and share information

So honestly I have only heard of three of these: Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace...

I have never used or heard of any of the other sites.

Facebook has changed the entire world, I personally can talk to family that is all over the country. I have friends and family in California that I have the ability to talk to whenever I want to. All I have to do is FB them and we can talk.

On FB it is also easy for me to share information that I have learned of found on the Internet. Almost every sit that you visit has a FB link that lets you post things quick and easily.

Twitter is a site that I personally do not use...It is too complicated for me to get...I have friends though who use Twitter and they have told me about a thing that you can connect with people all over the world with... apparently if you put a number sign (#) and words or something after it then you can connect to anyone else who has posted the same thing. For example, if I posted #HarryPotter on my Twitter then I could see anyone elses twitter that says the same thing. Also, I am watching Psych right now, and at the bottom of the screen it says "#psych" which is very cool. I think this shows how big these sites have become.

These sites help the world connect in ways that are imaginable...