Final Thoughts

One goal I left the class with was to learn with my students.  Not to try and be the expert.  
I am inspired to take some of the risks I have been hesitant to take.  To challenge my students and myself with not having a rigid planned out project, but to explore.  I forgot how much that is a part of my creative nature.  I think the structure and demands that are faced in the classroom everyday can stifle this creative approach.  

I will admit that taking a class on technology did force me to tackle some of my tech issues.  Or at least to remind me that I need to  make the effort to keep up with tech to stay relevant to my students.  This is so difficult when you are working with such out dated, limited tech in the schools.  I will make an effort this year to not let that discourage me. 

This last school year I had a class blog and had students write to each other about books they read and projects they were working on.   I got a little bit of questioning from some about the value in it.  I still stand by it's value.  I am swarming with ideas of how to give students creative choices for writing reports, learning science and social studies, or writing a journal...