Week+5+Final+Reflections

Type in the content of your page here. Respond in the expandable boxes below. Remember to copy and paste your responses to your wiki. 1. What outcomes had you envisioned for this course? Did you achieve those outcomes? Did the actual course outcomes align with those that you envisioned? I had envisioned working with technology in the classroom. I do feel as though I learned a lot about ways to implement technology. I did not exactly achieve those goals. Due to time resrictions, I believe it would be hard for anyone to be able to implement all of the information learned during this course. The actual outcomes of the course did not align with the outcomes I envisioned. Again, due to time resrictions it would be hard to implement. The positive outcome is that I am now armed with more resources to use in the classroom in the future. 2. To the extent that you achived the outcomes, are they still relevant to the work that you do in your school? Why or why not? The outcomes achieved are defineitly relevant to the work I do in school. I think they would be relevant to any professional in the school that has the desire to move forward with teaching with technology. The outcomes achieved can be easily shared with fellow colleagues through any of the media we used during this course. My students are very much benefiting from the types of media we learned and used during this course. 3. What outcomes did you not achieve? What prevented you from achieving them? The outcomes that I did not feel as though I achieved to the level I had anticipated was working online collaboratively. We did meet a few times on a video conferencing site called oovoo. It was difficult to meet due to various times and schedules, and one team member did not participate at all. Again, time plays a role in not achieving the anticipated outcomes. It would have been more beneficial if I was grouped with more than one teacher that would mesh well with our different professional backgrounds. It was a learning experience. 4. Were you successful in completing the course assignments? If not, what prevented or discouraged you? I was successful completeing the course assignments except for the discussion boards. It was very difficult for me to have all the readings done by Thursday and then post a comment as listed in the to do section each week. It was amazing for me to see people posting a comment on the first day of the week of an assignment. I learned to reprioritize. 5. What did you learn from this course: about yourself, your technology and leadership skills, and your attitudes? I learned that I need to step up and play more of a leadership role within my school to advocate for technology usage in the classroom. I learned there are many types of media that I am aware of but our staff may not be aware of. Even as a classroom teacher, I have a great responsibility to my students and colleagues to share and lead the school to more of a 21st century learning environment.
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