technology for teaching

<embed height='367px' width='595px' allowfullscreen='true' name='CompleeToon' wmode='transparent' id='flashobj' src='http://static.toondoo.com/ctr.swf?compleetoonId=NaN&skincolor=15264487&' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'><br>welcome to my profile page In teaching today it is pertainant to keep up with technology. As our students come to us looking for imformation on how to do things we have to be ontop of the newest technology. if we are not it leaves a gap where the kids will think they know more than us in in this they become led by their own self will. Over the years as a student I found that i wanted my teschers to be able to engage me with new ideas and concepts, when that did not happen I became disintrested in what I was being taught. This led to looking for other wys to to find answers and sometimes not even caring to strive to become better. In reading about "technology choices and student engagment I found that I could use toondoo to create and interactive cartoon strip to introduce myself to the class. i uploaded a picture and added balloon areas to speak to them and have them send me a message. In doing so it created a dialoge between teacher and student which allows for interaction to bring forth a new and creative learning envirment. Above I tried to embed a link from toondoo. I took the time to create an account and spent several hours trying to understand how to make something on this site.After many attemts and failiers i finally came up with the above. I don't know if it will work but I know I tried. I can see why alot of teachers do not use technology. It's hard to learn new things! I will contiune to try and do the best I can and hopefully you will follow along with me. I look forward to it. Maloy, R., Verock-o'loughlin, Edwards, & Woolf. (2014). Understanding educational technology issues and trends. In Transforming learning with new technologies (Second ed., p. 355). Massachusetts amhurst: Pearson.