End of the Journey

The semester has come and gone and now that it is over, I can actually say that I am more tech savvy. There have been many feelings of frustration, satisfaction, and accomplishment throughout this journey. Overall, I have learned a whole lot about technology in this classroom from simple things such as blogging, all the way to more difficult things such as creating a website for my classroom. I have been able to become way more familiar with tools that I knew little about, iMovie for example, and I have been introduced to tools that I had no idea that existed that will make my future classroom much more enjoyable and engaging. Before this class I had no idea why technology was so important, and after learning about all of the tools, I have realized how easy it is to engage students that much more by fun activities that also help them learn. There are still many things that I will work with to become more familiar with, Glogster, Wordle, TimeToast, just to name a few, but I will definitely be practicing my skills so that I can implement these web 2.0 tools in my classroom. This was a fun class that did teach me a whole lot, not only about technology, but patience as well.