I like to think I'm adequately experienced when it comes to technology. I'm fairly willing to play around with new applications or websites until I figure out how to use them. I'm good at things I use (powerpoint, word processing, iPhoto, iTunes, facebook, etc.) but there are a lot of technologies I don't really have much experience with. Although, I do remember making really bad, simple html websites with really bright solid color backgrounds and really bright too-big font when I was in elementary school. However, I haven't really done much with websites since then. (Was it just at my elementary school that everyone did that? We thought we were so cool.) I also tend to just use things personally. I fiddle around with iTunes playlists and organize and edit my pictures a little bit, but with the exception of facebook I don't really use technology to commuicate with anyone. I don't have a flickr account or a twitter. I use stumbleupon, but I don't have any friends. If you have stumbleupon you should be my friend so that I'm not so antisocial.
therefore my goals for this course are:
- use technology to actually interact with other people
- learn ways that I could use technology in teaching English
- be comfortable with technologies I would use to create a class website (like voicethreads or blogging)
