Blog post D. Chapter 5.

In the book, fluency is defined as approaching a task or a topic as an expert would. I think of fluency as knowing it that topic well enough to teach it. "Connecting fluency to learning using technology offers children and adolescents ways to practice higher levels of thinking about topics." (Maloy,2013) Being fluent in teaching is important, in any subject or grade, in this case the book talks about being fluent in technology. As teachers I agree completely, technology is a fun way to motivate and involve the students in the classroom activities.

Electronic note-taking personally is one of my favorite tools to use. One app that is talked about in chapter five is Evernote. You can access this from a computer, tablet, and smartphone, the multiple  ways to access your notes can be very handy for me as a college student and would be especially helpful to a teacher who is always moving around the school. Evernote is personally my favorite, but there are many other websites for digital note taking as well, such as; One Note, and if you are nit wanting to pay you can always use a word document, which is also an effective way to take digital notes. 

While giving students the use of technology is a great, fun way for the students to learn, you are also trusting that they are using it wisely and respectfully. It is very simple to expect students to know what to do and how to do so. As a student myself, I know that accurate explanation as to why I'm doing the work or for example citing something in a paper.  In this chapter it gives a list of creative ways to connect service, curriculum, and technology, by asking students to:

• Review books, media, and websites 
• Add content to school or community websites 
• Create web products for the school or the community 
• prepare others in the school or community to use technology  
• Do community oral histoires (Maloy,2013)

Resources: 

 Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.