CEP 810 Personal Learning Reflection

Some things that I have learned about effective teaching strategies when integrating technology are:

• to provide guidelines
• to make lessons valuable to students
• to select technology lessons that enhance the curriculum
• to make technology fun
• to not worry about knowing the technology perfectly

Integrating the Internet helped my think about and evaluate uses of technology by:

• helping me be aware of resources that I didn't know about
• helping me think about the quality of the different resources
• helping me know how to evaluate the quality of the resources
• helping me show students how to evaluate Internet resources

Of the assignments that I turned in I feel the following really exemplifies good teaching with technology:

• The SIG Annotated List of Resources.  I feel that our  project would make using technology relevant to students, enhance the curriculum, make technology fun and introduce students to the concept of enjoying learning and lifelong learning.
• PLN Visualization.  I feel that is a lesson I could use with my students to help them set goals for their own learning while becoming familiar with new technologies.

I feel I have met by goals established in my Personal Growth Plan by:

• becoming more aware of new types of technology that are available
• learning how to use new types of technology
• implementing some of the new technologies learned for personal use (I have set up my own website) 
• introducing some of the new technologies with students.  I have shown some of my projects to students who then have decided to try them too!
• assisting other teachers at my school to use some of the technologies too (they love Google Docs now and one teacher wants me to help her set up an online resume).

My goals for after this course is over are pretty much the same as in my Personal Growth Plan.  My plan for reaching my goals it to complete the next 3 CEP courses I need to get the NP endorsement. My long term goals will be to continue learning about new technologies and search for other opportunities to advance my educational technology education.  Since I already have a MA in Educational Technology I'm not sure what my next step will be but through the networks I am now connected with I will be able to see if new courses, new degrees, or workshops become available.  Also I will be kept up-to-date on what's new in the world of educational technology and can pursue learning on my own which taking this class has reminded me I really love doing!