Reflection

As I look back at the beginning of this course I think about what I was expecting to get out of it. I was not expecting to learn about all of the web 2.0 skills that I did. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I am pleasantly surprised to have learned all that I did. Coming into this course I had never used any of the tools that we learned about, yet I believed to be pretty tech savvy. Boy was I wrong! Yes I use a computer, SmartBoard, Internet and yes, I am open to using new technology, but I did not know that there was this much out their at my finger tips that I never thought of using in the classroom. I feel that I am walking away from this course with a tool bag full of ideas that incorporate web 2.0 tools into the classroom. I am eager to begin teaching in my own classroom so that I can use what I have learned. As a substitute teacher, it is extremely difficult, even impossible, to use these tools in the classrooms that I go into. I am looking forward to using a blog in my classroom as not only a way to communicate with parents, but to have my students collaborate and communicate with each other and myself.

It is hard to have two goals right now because I have no idea where I will be in the next two years. I can teach any grade from 1-12 and depending on the grade, I would have different goals. So, my goal for right now is to simply find a permanent teaching job! After that, I will sit down and assess where I am and what I could do for my students in terms of using technology in the classroom.