Week four journal

I feel like logo is a very fun but not extremely useful program. I really like it a lot. I just feel like people who don't like math so much would have not many reasons to use it. I like the many things you can do with it though. I look forward to playing around with it more. It isn't the easiest program to work, but it can do a lot of really cool things.

I really liked the online session with Mr. Reed. It was very helpful in thinking about using technology in my classroom in the future. My favorite thing he said was that the key is balance. The balance between the use of technology and just pencil and paper. There are drawbacks from both ways so they must be used together in balance to make the biggest impact. The only disconnect I felt was the fact that Mr. Reed teaches at one of the richest schools in the whole state. He and his students have access to more technology and resources than almost anyone. Some of the activities he talked about like all the lab time and online activities are just unrealistic at most schools, especially ones I will be teaching at. Now I hope at some point this might change but it wont anytime soon probably so I am going to have to discover new methods and practices to get technology into my classroom. I know I am up to the challenge though.