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__**Journal #4**__ I did know that teachers were aloud to make copies for their students of printed materials. i did not know a lot of the things involved with copyright that were in the links we read. i had no idea there was a limit to the amount of words that could be copied. Also the portion that was discussed about using things repeatably throughout semesters making your work not fair play was very interesting. all of the rules to copyright are very confusing and complex to me. It seems that most of them that appoly to teachers are very hard to police and probably go unnoticed. Although I think it is still important to be careful so one is not caught up in an infringement. __**Journal #3**__ a Web 2.0 tool that I use in my everyday life is Wikipedia. i know that in an educational setting i am probably not supposed to admit this but i love Wikipedia. If I am having a problem understanding something I will go to that particular Wikipedia page to gain a basic understanding of something. i know it is not a good tool to master a subject but in certain situations it helps me. Also i enjoy using it for personal pleasure if I am bored, it is much more effective in having fun then learning. i do intend to use these tools in the future as an educator, perhaps not Wikipedia but all the many things we are learning about in class. for example prezzie is very helpful. In the next five to ten years i only see technology playing a larger role in the classroom. If you think back ten years ago i doubt most people could have seen things such as face book __**Journal #2**__ I think that schools and their governing boards are especially trying to reach higher levels of technology. Take Towson and the new liberal arts building for example, they are loaded with new technology which will make learning easier. I on the other hand do not think that the majority of teachers are up for trying to reach high levels of technology. In most of the classes I have taken in college the teachers have not been that concerned. I think in the upcoming years that will change considering all students have been integrated in using technology in classrooms. I think this class is helping me reach higher levels of technology integration. In the past if I had a presentation to make, the first thing I would think to do is make a power point. Now after taking this class I have learned I can use a prezzi, which I think is much more interesting. I am not sure how much I will integrate technology because I do not have any experience with it. I do think that students learn best when they are interested and excited about what there teacher is teaching. If adding more interactive ways to learn can help with getting students interested I would be all for it.

__**Journal #1**__ Last semester one of my classes was held in a computer lab similar to the on we have class in now. It was a History class in which the major grade in the class was a long research paper. The class and I were able to do our research in class by using Towson's online references. It was helpful to be able to do research with my teacher present in case I had questions.It was also very helpful because my teacher could personally show us where we should be searching to find helpful information for our papers.

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