Homework Assignment

Most of you probably know that I am in the process of getting my Master’s degree in School Administration. (No, I do not want to be a principal. I would like to teach college one day and be in some sort of teacher leadership position.) So part of my homework assignment this week was to evaluate a website that deals with helping educators integrate technology…and then post a blog about my findings!. I was surprised that the best teacher technology website I could find was a blog by a guy named Nik Peachey. He is a learning technology consultant, trainer, writer and instructional designer. He specializes in developing computer based learning materials for language development and teacher training. His website is teacher-friendly with a huge list of topics to choose from, anything from animations to teaching vocabulary. His entries are pretty amazing. Almost all of his topics have a video tutorial to guide educators through setting up and getting started on whatever the task may be. Once I started browsing his website, I couldn’t stop going from one link to another…what a great resource for teachers who want to keep up to date in this technology-driven world. I would say that the only negative thing about Nik’s blog is that I would like to see more elementary age topics so that teachers in lower grades can use his ideas to start building a technology foundation at a younger age. This blog is a true reflection of technology in the 21st century. Nik lives in Moracco and is teaching these tutorials to educators all around the globe! I know I have a lot of teacher friends out there- I encourage you to browse his blog and let me know what you think! His blog is nikpeachey.blogspot.com. And feel free to share any of your favorite teacher/technology websites with me too!