Personal Technology Project Ideas

As I prepare to begin my Personal Technology Project, I am interested in several options. My top three are Webquests, Powerpoint games, and Digital XPress. I think the Webquests would be a useful introduction to researching and writing research papers. Powerpoint games could be a fun way to review vocabulary and grammar concepts in Spanish. But my preferred project is probably the Digital XPress. I think it would encourage writing and collaborating in my English classes. The virtual tour was pretty impressive. My concern about this is the cost. There is a 30 day free trial, but after that, I don't know what the price is, and I was unsuccessful and finding that information online. I don't want to invest all the time needed to set up if I'm not going to use it beyond the project for class. Call me Crazy (some of you already do!), but I think that anything I do for this class needs to be portable, useful for my career. So far, I've been able to use everything - my geography students are already working on their own iMovies, and they are excited about it. If the price more than I'm willing to pay long-term, I may want to delve deeper into creating a Ning Network for my students' writing. It wouldn't have the same features, but I like Free. Free is good.