Reflecting back this learning journey from the time I started to this
moment of finishing, I can truly admit that I’ve become a lot more comfortable
and confident in wanting to emerge the various forms of technology into my
future curriculum. This course has dynamically expanded my understanding of how
easily and innovatively I can input technology in various ways into the
learning process. My apprehension to online or distant learning has diminished greatly
due to learning how connected, creative and hands-on students can be in an
online course.
Tools like social media i.e. blogs, twitter, and YouTube are
all current craze that students are using in their everyday lives. I’m excited
to now know that there is a greater probability of successfully motivating all my students to
wanting to learn by using these tools as educational instruments. Diigo, prezi, hoot, and wikipage are some of
the awesome new tools that I’ve become more familiar with and I’m eager to
continue using these tools and finding new ones to enhance my future
classrooms.
Overall I really enjoyed this course and how it was structured.
It challenged me to think outside of the
box, to be more of a critical and creative thinker. The blogging and the weekly
Diigo bookmarking article components were my favorite tasks because it allowed
me to research and gather real life experiences and/or examples of how technology
impacts the learning process. The textbook and the weblinks within the weekly
modules were all up-to-date information on technology and it clarified a lot of
technical concepts and terms that I didn’t know or understood. The Culminating Project was a wonderful way to have us practice and evaluate how well we have
grasped the objectives of this course.
I’m truly satisfied with all the resources that I’ve gained
from taking this class. I now feel well equip to go out into the school system
and become a real 21st century teacher that will be capable of
providing my students with top-notch learning innovations.
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