Blog 6- Teacher Websites and Technology Sandbox

For memory's sake, I decided to look at the website for my old high school, Leonardtown High School and see what is going on over there. When viewing the list of staff, there is a chart with information about each person and one of the columns says "contact/website". Very few of the teachers actually have a website listed, it just has an email. I am guessing that most of the teachers either don't use a website, or just don't post it publicly for anyone to see, which makes perfect sense. One of my old science teachers did have a website listed, so I decided to take a look at her website. She teaches 4 different types of science and they are all linked under the one website. # of the 4 classes don't seem to have much on them, however one of the classes has a ton of links to all of the modules and things. I don't recall this teacher using a website hardly ever, so this isn't too surprising to me. 

I am completely certain that I will be using technology frequently in the education field in order to accomplish things more efficiently and effectively. I already do this in my academic life with things like Google Calendar, so I am confident I will continue those habits. There are so many tools to help keep us organized. I am a big user of reminders from Google Calendar in order to keep track of when I need to do things. Along with maintaining organization in my classroom, I will likely use a website in order to provide others with access to needed things, and to keep everything in one place for myself.

I really enjoyed having the opportunity to visit the Tech Sandbox. I spent the most time using the 3D printing. At first I only thought it seemed like something fun, but I couldn't quite see the educational benefit to it. Then I started playing with the 3D pen and I could totally see how it could be a great tool for my young students if I have access to that technology. I imagine it being good for practicing dexterity as well as a way for younger students to become familiar with shapes, depth, and volume. I got to look at some pieces created by the impressive 3D printing machine that creates much more intricate pieces and one of the creations was a fish with the braille letters for "fish" on it to help learn how to spell it in a unique way. See the image of it below. It was so cool that a student at FSU wanted to make that to help someone. 3D printing is so cool because it can be used for all ages.