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Where I was Honestly, before this class I was skeptical of technology in the classroom. I knew that as teachers we were supposed to be incorporating it into our classrooms. During my observations, I had only seen a couple of teacher use technology effectively. I grew up in a generation where technology was growing and starting to be used in a classroom, but we weren't allowed to have personal devices on us. That made me biased because I'm not much older than some of these high school students and I got through school just fine without a lot of technology. At this point I did not see technology as an aide, just a distraction. Growth After finishing my Educational Technology class I feel like I have learned so much.It truly has been one of the most interesting and useful classes that I have taken during my grad work. I think there are two main areas where this class has allowed me to grow. Growing out of my comfort zone Getting out of my comfort zone is a big one. The b

About iCivics iCivics is a free website that was founded by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice. It focuses on topics that are related to civics and government function. There are a couple of purposes of iCivics. You can sign up as a teacher or a student. I signed up as a teacher, so everything I was seeing is from the teacher's perspective. There are lesson plans and activity ideas for teachers. There are also several activities or games for students to complete on a variety of topics, which teachers also have access to. Underneath the games is the estimated time that it takes to play the game; this is beneficial for planning purposes. When you play the games you get points. After earning points, you can choose to spend those points voting for a choice on impact project. Every three months, iCivics donates money to the impact project with the highest number of points. Using it in the classroom In Virginia, students will at some point