Reflection

AWARE: When I first started this class I was excited and scared all at the same time. I didn’t have a lot of technology in my room at the time we started the class so I was ready to learn new things. The first module on “What is Technology” really had me aware of all the possibilities of technology. I knew that I would learn new technologies that would impact my classroom as well as my teaching. The more I become familiar with new technologies I was more excited to explore further! EXPLORATION AND FILTRATION: I would have to say that one of my favorite things to do in this class was to explore. In Module 4 I was blown away by how much I didn’t know about searching the net. I have explored further and have found many other search engines to use. I was so thankful of all the timesaving tricks that you use when searching. The pathfinder activity was so rewarding in the end because I had a list of great websites that I could use for my classroom as well as share with others. LEARNING: I learned so many things in class this semester. The biggest impact in my teaching would have to be the copyright lesson and the multimedia module. The copyright module opens your eyes to ways you can teach your students how to be more aware. I couldn’t believe how many helpful sites there are out on the web. I loved the multimedia module because I had no idea those fabulous FREE websites were even out there! Multimedia can be very intimidating at times but these sites were very easy to learn. Voice Thread is so awesome! When I first used it I was thinking of all they wonderful ways I can use it in my own classroom. My students could even do book reports or presentations using it. PERSONAL AND PROF ESSI ONAL APPLICATION: I know that I will apply everything that I learned in my personal and professional life. I confessed in module 3 that I was a desktop junkie. If I saved a document it was always to my desktop. I took what I learned from that module and applied it ASAP. I now have many folders that I use and I still save to the desktop but only for stuff that I’m presently using. The office productivity module was my least favorite but I learned so much. I was so stressed out that week with regular life that I felt like I could have done so much better, but I tried as hard as I could. SHARING AND REF LECT ION: I guess you could say that I was very proud of all my work when I looked back through my wiki. I also felt that I could have done better on a few of my modules but life happened! I also noticed I forgot to post on my discussion page sometimes! (I’m still trying to juggle home and school life with my college life!) I’m so proud of our whole class! Everyone did a great job on their wiki. I loved the fact that we could see everyone’s work and then read about how they grew in the Technology Learning Cycle. Reflecting on my whole experience makes me very proud of all our hard work. I know it will impact me as a teacher and a person.