The first week of spring term has come and gone and I had my first encounter with a smartboard and am definitely impressed. I am excited to learn how to use one and see the different applications it might have in the classroom. I see the smartboard as a way to use technology in the classroom and have it be interactive with the whole classroom, instead of each individual student working at a computer by themselves. I think that the smartboard could be used in a variety of ways and hope that I will have one in my future classroom. I also went to gotoweb20.net and checked out a couple of websites on the site. The first website was one called picfull and     it is free online photo editing website. I thought this website was really cool and could be used in the classroom as a way to just help students navigate the internet and learn computer skills as well as a possibility for art projects or making posters for the classroom. On picfull you can edit photos to old black and white photos or ones that are outlined in pencil strokes and students could color them in. The second website I went to is called erly and it is a website to create events. I think that this website could also be used in the classroom, I think that students would have fun creating events and posting pictures and blogs about the event. It is only the first week of school and I have already learned several different ways I can use technology in the classroom and discovered several different resources in regards to using technology in the classroom. I am excited to think of all that I will learn by the end of the term!