UEN will be really useful as a teacher. I love that parents can get on and look at what is going on in my classroom. The pool of lesson plans is one of the best that I have seen. It is really organized and user friendly. I can see it as being very useful in making lesson plans and keeping parents informed! I feel like i just barely tapped into how much UEN can be helpful and how I can use it.
This week I went into the classroom of Mr Johnson at Edith Bowen lab school. He has had some special funding and has been able to buy ipods and other technical equipment for his classroom. It was awesome talking to him about how he uses technology in the class. Not only that but also how parents are catching on to how technology like ipods can be used educationally. It is not only teachers that are a generation behind when it comes to technology it is also the parent of our students. They will have the same apprehensions as we are likely to have about technology. He said that he has parent catching on and buying audio books and educational movies for their kids ipods. Whereas originally they were afraid to give their kids ipods, because of the negative effects they may have. I think we, as educators, need to be constantly finding ways and teaching our kids how to use these things as an educational benefit!