Chapter 6 talks a lot about technology that can be use in the classroom. But what about the technology that isn't really affective? Chapter 7 shows you how to evaluate the educational technology. Each year hundreds of programs are developed for teachers. It can be quite a challenge to decide which ones are best for you. Thankfully, there are many published evaluations or the school districts will have compiled evaluations of the programs. The evaluation cycle is the best bet if you are testing programs on your own. The way it works is to evaluate and revise the program before use in the classroom, during instruction, and after instruction. By evaluating at all three steps you are able to get the best evaluation of the program which results in you picking the best programs to use!
The final project was tough. My group and I read it as though there grant gave you $2,000 and not $20,000! Oh my! So, she and I went back into our buget and had some tough critiquing to do. It was really funny. We had the project done like a week early so it wasn't too tough to fix once we had realized out mistake. Creating the final project we were able to incorporate out new skills by using powerpoint, excel, and a word document to create a mock grant proposal. I think this was one of the most useful assignments because we were able to apply what we had learned in a realistic manner. Teachers are constantly creating grant proposals and it helpful experience in doing so.
The cat the we had found in Frenchtown is officially mine. I took her to the vet and got all of her shots, got rid of her fleas, and bought her some new toys. My roommate and I gave her a bath the night we took her. Complete chaos! She was making noises that I thought no cat could make. Cats really do hate water!
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