Learning Something New Everyday!

I learned this week how important and useful technology can be in the classroom. In the past I used to think that implementing technology into the classroom would only refer to Power Point or a film clip or something. I was taken aback when other classmates shared their ideas of different things they could use in the classroom.

My idea that I shared in class was teaching juniors and seniors in high school about similes and metaphors (I want to be an English teacher). I figured I would give them some examples found in literature first to get those marbles rolling around in their brain. I would then proceed by giving them a list of common similes and metaphors. Each student would create a photo that sets a scene describing one of the similes listed. I would then give them class time to use Photoshop to edit their pictures. They must then share their picture in class with a brief description of the story behind the simile. 

I feel as if being an English teacher is a little harder to add technology in the everyday classroom, because students are to be reading books and writing papers. I loved hearing about Brit's idea of creating a crossword puzzle for literary terms or reading questions. I thought it would be also cool to use Google maps when we are learning about an author's life or what kind of setting the author created for the novel we are reading.