Lantz tech of ed. week 6 Time in the class.

Class reflection

Technology and education has been a very interesting class. I did however find it difficult at times because of already knowing how to use much of the google suite. I did learn about some new technology to use in the classroom but I I learned a lot about how to word things differently. I frequently helped my peers with the programs and apps. It was very good at helping me communicate differently at many points.

Class also introduced many ways of getting students interested, or involved in something else other than class. It was a great break and super enjoyable during class time.

As a person who knows tech. Pretty well I struggle finding apps I like. Apps that you can get on your phone really did not offer too much in terms of education prior to this class. This class has given me more apps and technology to utilize in the classroom. I enjoyed using wevideo, sketchboard, and the many apps that turned subjects into games. Many of the apps were simple but were very useful. I am not sure, however, what ones I will use as of right now.

I do not like twitter for just about anything however, I did enjoy talking to some people from around the country about art. That was super neat and was very thought provoking via the conversations. We talked about kilns and different art concepts. It was cool. Granted the minimal characters may have taken much away from the conversation…

It was overall a great class with great people. At least the twitter will link us even after class!

Lantz Education of Tech Week 5

So Today I was driving to visit friends in Wisconsin for the weekend and well I was listening to my music. I know many are unfamiliar with some of the stuff I listen to, however today I have never seen such horrible distaste in someone's face for the split 30 seconds it took to stare him down then continue driving… It made me think about all my music on the drive there…. Then it got me thinking…
Recently a lot of music has been showing up on my social feeds. Now I get a lot of music on my feeds for just about everything that I use but the biggest thing that stuck out to me is just how different it is from the things that I listen to on everyday radio.  We have access to oodles of more music from around the world and yet I hear the same top 20 sounds every hour on the hour on the flipping radio. I mean for real?  I hear rock bands that turn their music into almost full-fledged musical songs with harmonies that are repeated throughout the album, a three person folk group that will have each instrument reverberating throughout the room they are playing in and it isn’t even a full drum set or electric bass guitar, or even songs that are not lyrically orientated but are definitely not classically based. It's so interesting that even with the access to things around the world via a small albeit powerful box, that most top 20 songs are on repeat for the biggest/ common radio stations. Introducing new things is beneficial. Not everything you're going to like so simply listen and accept that it is playing.