Para mejorar la experiencia de mis estudiantes, ¡voy a usar la tecnología!

To celebrate the Waterford School District's decision to hire me, I purchased a state-of-the-art MacBook Pro. My rationale behind the splurge was that it would allow me to bring mis estudiantes de español a more practical Spanish education. Unfortunately, included in the delivery was not a technologically savvy me. So I am here, with all of you, and it is my goal to sharpen my computer skills in order to become a more effective teacher. (Photo: http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/)

While I am excited to endeavor upon this journey, I am also a tad skeptical that I will receive immediate dividends from my learning. In the Web 2.0 article from Thing 1, I saw a world in which technology was at the fingertips of EACH AND EVERY student! Because many of my students lack the necessary access to the Internet at home and we have built in rules as a district constraining student use of technology, I fear that there will be plenty of obstacles on the road to creating the more efficient and substantive learning environment promised by the Web 2.0 vision. This utopian image will be difficult to meet, but armed with my wonderful MacBook and my developing Blogging abilities, I will attempt to foster a Web 2.0 classroom!