Thursday, June 12, 2008

Technology Class Overall Reflection

Overall I felt the class was really great. It took me a little time getting started at the beginning because I am not very good with technology to begin with. One of the suggestions that I would have is that you might offer to do the first lesson with participants when you meet with them for the first time to set up the class. Once I got the hang of it I really moved through the lessons, but it just took me a little time to get there. I really thought that the lessons were well thought out and you asked us to be very reflective about how we would use them in our classrooms. I particulary loved learning about wikis and blogging and plan to do more with these next year in my classroom. In terms of the structure of the class, I liked that I could complete the lessons as my own pace with suggested deadlines. It was great to also hear from other participants about how they were going to use the ideas in their classroom. That gave me inspiration as well for my own classroom. I would recommend this course to anyone who thinks they want to learn more about technology in the classroom.