I can’t believe I have reached the final chapter of this class. Although the class is coming to an end, I believe I have just opened a new book. I can’t believe how much I have learned over the summer. It has been full of adventure, frustration, and many aha moments. I never knew I was capable of learning so much about technology. I am excited about what I learned. In an ideal world I know I will be using a lot of the skills I have learned. Most of the skills could be applicable to my classroom. The downside is having the time to use them and create. I have just changed grade levels and I seem to be using every moment I have toward learning the curriculum. It is a very time consuming job! I seem to use all my energy just to survive and then I come home to a family tired and exhausted and I still have more school work to be done. I am so glad I took this class over the summer. I don’t think I could of spent the amount of time learning what I did if I was teaching at the same time.
Let me get back the the question. How am I going to use what I learned? I think in due time, I will start applying some of the things I have learned. I would like to set up a blog for my students. I still would like to pair them with an older student to share their writing with. I also believe I will have the kids make podcasts. I think they would really enjoy this. The other thing I would like to do is make a wikkisite. This may have to wait until next year. I will just have to wait and see how things continue to move this year.
I would say that this class was very worthwhile! Although I will not use some of the skills, it was nice to be exposed to a lot of different ways to enhance my teaching.