Picture this Class

So it started out easy.  I put in desks in groups of four.  A desk at the front with a white board and a screen so I could show power point.  So, a laptop to show the powerpoint.  Then I added four class computers I figured groups of kids could go over to use the internet or type up their assignments.  As an afterthought, I added audio/visual equipment so they could make their own documentaries, etc.  The odd thing is, that while I conceive of video equipment, it wasn't till other people started to talk about every student having a computer that I even considered it.  In fact, in someways I still can't consider it.  Kids had access to a) computers in our very limited, outdated computer system and the two geriatric ones in the newspaper room.  Which means depending where I go as a teacher, I have a lot of thinking to do about the ways I can use tech in my class.

Only Just Begun

It is my first week of the University of Michigan's MAC (secondary masters and certification program).  It's a lot of work, but I can already feel my brain growing.  What I notice the most is that that which I have taught intuitively before this are already becoming conscious.  Then I am assured they will become background noise again as I better learn what I am doing.  Suggestions anyone?