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One example of a teacher who uses technology as a management tool to organize resources is my current English teacher. He keeps one class blog (where everybody in the class is a contributor) and can respond to our weekly blog prompt all in the same blog. Within the blog, our instructor has uploaded numerous websites and links to helpful sources that may assist us with our assignments for the class. It is very helpful to have all links, videos, blogs, and prompts in one place. Allowing the students to be contributors to the blog gets them involved and makes them feel like they are very important to the class since they can help run the class blog. This encourages more responsibility and credibility from each student, and helps them get a more hands-on experience with the class. Having multiple links and sources for the students to use also helps diverse learners find different ways to learn and expand their knowledge on their own.

I do feel capable of providing a domain such as the one I just mentioned. It'd be important to ask my students how they feel about doing blogs and see if they like the sources I provide, as I find that getting a students' opinion about each assignment is the best way to improve the assignment and make it more beneficial for the students.

One technology I have learned about recently is a website which lets students make notes on an electronic piece of reading. It is called eMargin and basically it allows an entire class to log in at the same time and edit make comments, thoughts, and opinions about a piece. All you have to do is highlight the area of the piece you want to make a comment about, type out your response, and then the entire class can see it and even comment on your comments to create a class discussion. I think this is a great way to get the class involved with long, boring readings rather than having each individual student make their comments separately. This website is an awesome way to bring the whole class together and an easy way to create class discussion.