I learned a lot about technology and myself through this class. If you had told me before the start of the class that I would be creating my own blog by the end of the week I probably would have broken out in hives. I never considered myself a tech savy person. I could follow along with help from my peers, but I never tried something new because of fear of failure. Wow, when did I become afraid to try new and innovating things?
Throughout the week the videos we watched and Adam's personal stories inspired me to try new things. I keep thinking about Steve Job's commencement speech. "Stay hungry, stay foolish." This is what I want be students to be like, why am I not living by the same expectations?
So my goals moving forward are: 1) take an hour a week to learn something new 2) Remember success doesn't come without some failure... be willing to try new things and to persevere when they don't always work the way I thought they would 3) Create an Edtech Misson Statement for myself and my classroom 4) Remember to ask myself "Are you present?" and find a good balance between work and home. I am writing these goals where I will see them everyday to remind myself of what is most important.
I leave this class with many new resources to use. I am excited by those that will help me become more organized (diigo, e-planning books, rss readers). I also have tools that will help me stay current in education (Twitter, Ted-talks, edchat). Lastly, I have gained a tremendous amount of tools to use with my students (skitch, common sense media for apps and websites, thinglink).
This class has gotten me rejuvenated and inspired for the upcoming school year! Thanks Adam and everyone in our Bennington V cohort for a fantastic course!
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