Well this is my first day of GAETI and I am glad to say that it has been an eye opener.  I really believe " Old Dogs can learn new tricks,"  I definitely had my eyes open to new technology. If anything I learned that planning has a purpose and it's not about fluff.  You're not trying to impress but to find ways to reach and teach students.  Technology has a purpose and a direction within instruction. I must embrace and not be afraid of it.

An eye opener for sure has been the availability of  using assets, such as, Magnolia, and I'm not talking about the great smelling flower.  This database is just plain full of resources that I can use and share with other teacher with the like mind.   It has made me realize that I can make things a bit easier for myself.

I feel like I just climbed out of a rock and found out that using different avenues of  instuction can be made by using Websites for teaching..   Examples would be pikto chart.com and powtoon.com involving creation of pictures and comics. Yes I can use this in American History.