CDK's Website

While exploring CDK’s Education Technology Place, I discovered a lot of helpful technological resources for teaching and for general use as well! I learned about her family, her educational philosophies, and education technology colleagues and others like her out there. The first link I explored was the KSU Catalyst link. The Catalyst provides resources, technology, creative and instructional support, technology training seminars, and many other things for education students to utilize; it also coordinates with the other technology labs and organizations on campus like ITS and iTAC. The next link I explored was the “100’s of Teaching Resources” link. There were literally hundreds of teaching resources that would be extremely easy to understand and use. Although we discussed the blogs you follow in class, I took the time to look at a few, read, and appreciate them. I found not only a lot of wisdom from experienced professionals, but also a bit of humor and satire. I enjoyed this very much and appreciate good humor, especially in the face of some of the ridiculous situations teachers face these days. Another link I explored was the “Celebrate Kansas Voices” link. This was a link to a website that is part of an initiative to preserve oral history (of Kansas, in this instance) through digital recording; I think this is a brilliant way to preserve the oldest form of historical archiving through one of today’s forms of historical archiving. The last link I explored was the “Creative Excuses for Not Using Technology” link. Here I found lots of excuses why people don’t want to put the effort into using the technology they have, and I think this is a clever way to convince those who aren’t so eager to make the most of their technological resources to change their minds. No good teacher should pass up the opportunity to teach their students or broaden their (technological) horizons. I am also glad to have access to other DED 318 students' websites, so I have an idea of what I will accomplish in this class. This is a very resource-rich website, and I am glad that I have this in my arsenal for use as a future teacher.