Day 2- Challenge accepted

Hello all!

I hope you are having a wonderful night! I know it's late, but I am going to make sure that I complete my challenge, therefore, Day 2 is underway.

When I accepted the challenge initially, I didn't see any prompts that I needed to follow daily. I am a creature of habit and thus will need a bit of guidance when reflecting in each blog. I'm basing my challenge off of this website- Reflect.

For day 2 I have to talk about a piece of technology that I am willing to learn or try this year and what am I planning on seeing with the new tech integration.

This is a perfect question because I have already started my journey into the android and chrome book world. As mentioned in previous posts, I am an iOS user and proud of it. However, learning all of the extensions, additions, and other opportunities that Google can over to young readers/writers is becoming not only overwhelming but also exciting! My goal really is to use Google as my edtech integration and as a tool, not a necessity. So many times, my brain is wrapped around the idea that technology is the end all be all to my problems. However, in many cases it opens up a whole new can of worms.

I hope to see not only student growth in content knowledge and skill level, but also growth for learning. I want my students to be as passionate as I am about learning new devices. I know that many times this excitement and passion comes from the teacher, but I am hoping that Google and all of the opportunities it has offered our district will have influenced students to think for themselves and find solutions to difficult problems.

-Heather