RE; Rachel Dover's final

When I listened to Rachel's final project, I noticed a lot about what she learned in CEP 416 this year. Her tour was based around her portfolio and I noticed how she had figured out how to use links to maximize the ease and efficiency of navigating her website. Using links to each individual lesson and providing links to each page on the home page both make it very clear how to find all the information on her website while still keeping a lot of information very organized instead of overwhelming. She even commented that it was pretty easy to figure out how to get Weebly to work so well, indicating that using Weebly is something she will take away from this class and likely use in her future classroom. She also thought about ways to use technology to make things easier for her students as well. For one of her lesson plans, she had students use Mindomo to make concepts maps online. Just like her use of Weebly, once students figure out how to work with the interface on Mindomo, it makes communicating and organizing their ideas a whole lot easier. For example, in her lesson, she has students use it to make concept maps for a picture book. Giving younger students the opportunity to use a technology successfully will give them more confidence with technology, the same confidence she now shows in her use of Weebly.