Final Reflection

I have learned so much during this online class, I really enjoyed working in groups.  I found the readings on what is changing in schools to be interesting because it's amazing that we went from pagers to cellphones in what seems like overnight.  Now, we are going from desks to handheld virtual classrooms.  It was so interesting to be a part of this class, because I've never been in an online class before.  Blogging took getting used to, because I'm always wary about putting my personal thoughts out there, but it's becoming something I do enjoy.  I learned a lot about the many google apps. while doing my final project, and how schools are taking advantage of them in their instruction.  I must be on the google site at least ten times a day, and had no idea there were so many resources on it.  I feel like I was behind the times a little.
    Another very important skill I learned in this class is time management.  This has always been a issue for me, taking on more than I can do in a day.  The technological aspect scared me a little because I did not anticipate spending hours trying to figure out how to use a single application (which happened a few times, I won't lie haha), but once I got the hang of learning where to look for instructions and examples it was pretty easy to complete what was expected of us.  My team, team techsavy worked extremely well together, and though we had to meet in person a few times it was definitely a learning experience to do all of our projects online.  Coordinating meetings posed a challenge as well, because of our conflicting schedules.  Overall, our group did very well working this out, and getting things done.  I was very impressed with us!
    There were always little glitches here and there, and I'm glad Dr. S. was understanding of them; because nothing is perfect, not even technology.  I will aedit I was someone afraid of technology, but after taking this class I am much more comfortable, and confident about using the internet in teaching.  Kids today are always connected to some sort of technology so why not use it as a tool to teach them!

Picasion-better late than never

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I found this project to be laborious.  I would have enjoyed doing more of what we did with the digital footprints where it's more personal accomplishments as oppose to webpages.  I will say picasion is an extremely easy, use-friendly site and I would recommend it to anyone looking to make a slideshow, it's much easier than slideshare.