Chapter 8

Chapter eight has been an eye opener for me because of the variety of technology tools that can be used along with instruction. The internet is an important resource which can be used in any content area to obtain information. What surprised me about this chapter were the virtual field trips. I went on-line to see what it looked like. There are virtual field trips for every subject; http://www.uen.org/tours/fieldtrips2.shtml in this site you can create your field trip or pick one that is already done. After finding the appropriate virtual field trip it is easier to create a lesson plan. I found the text book to be very helpful because it gave an example of a lesson plan including technology and using the five e model. I think the big idea of this chapter is to implement educational technology to motivate student to learn. I think it is important to keep up to date with technology because students want to learn what is new.