This course has helped me experience many different types of technology that I can utilize in the classroom. I feel that the course allowed me to explore and become better acquainted with the technologies that my students will use in their day to day lives. I am more confident in my technological skills due to the applications and assignments that I completed in this course.
I hope to continue to move forward and not let technology intimidate me. I believe that in increasing my familiarity with technology my students will benefit significantly. I look forward to integrating more technology into my lesson plans. I am excited about the possibilities.
One goal that I would set is to set up a blog for each of my classes. I hope that by doing so my students and I will be able to effectively communicate and that I will be able to involve all students in the discussion. I am hoping that those students who are intimidated by speaking up in the classroom will use this avenue as an outlet for discussion. I hope to have these blogs set up by the beginning of the next school year.
Another goal that I would set is to bring some of the skills I have learned into this course (podcasting, wiki, etc.) into my classroom. I feel that my computer applications classes would benefit greatly learning these types of skills. I hope to gravitate more toward these types of skills than the "book" skills. I feel that my students will be able to achieve more with the hands-on skills than that of the step by step book instructions that can become rather uninspiring. I will have to utilize many of the free resources on-line to accomplish this because of the lack of funding in my school district, but I believe that there is plenty that we can accomplish using the resources available on the Internet.
I have really enjoyed this course. It has been a great learning experience and one that I hope to continue. I am looking forward to the next challenge!
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