Reflection of Online Meeting

At first I thought that this wasn't a good idea. We were having alot of technical problems at first, but once we got going with the groups things got alot better. Overall I thought the online meeting was neat, because it was something I have never experience before.

I do not feel very comfortable using this in the future because you have to have the right resources to use it. For example if you didn't have a headphone it was hard for people to hear you because you echoed. If you have all of the right resources it is a great tool to use. Also it is kind of confusing to use with a lot of people because they all are trying to talk and type things at once. There were alot of troubles with sound and being able to hear people, so it was sort of irritating.

This would be a neat tool to use in Elementary if you needed to meet with a parent and they were unable to meet with you. Once again they would have to have the right resources. It would also be neat to use if teachers wanted to meet one night, they could just meet from their home if they had the right resources.

Content Exploration

I reviewed LeapPad for Elementary Education. I plan to teach second or third grade someday and I think this tool will be helpful for my students. LeapPad will be a very fun easy way for students to read books. It will help the students ability to read. After you choose a book to read, you just out the pen on the words you want it to say. If you would rather, you can press a button on the page to have it read the whole page. This tool helps bring the books to life for students.

This is a efficient tool for me as a teacher because I won't have to read with them individually all the time. They can use this tool and it will help them become a better reader. It will save alot of time. Also while trying to do other things, such as grade or work with other students, I will be able to keep other students busy by letting them work with LeapPad.

Other teachers are using LeapPad in their classrooms and are discovering what it can do for students and the classroom.

Even though I feel this is mostly to help students read, it is also fun because they can play games and it is more entertaining to them than just reading a normal book.