WHAT A RIDE this class has been! Because I am probably the one who started with the least amount of techno-knowledge, I would dare say that I am possibly the one who learned the most and I am happy with that. This class has been BY FAR the most challenging, time-consuming, frustrating, mind/idea expanding, hands-on, how to, action researching, techno-informing class I have ever taken in my entire life! If no one else even noticed at all, the fact of the matter is that I am soooooooo proud of myself for all I have done and am able to do as a result of what I have learned in this class regarding the use of technology and almost EVERYTHING that goes along with that in relation to teaching and leading. For that reason alone i just want to say, "THANK YOU! for 'making' us learn and do so much, for setting high expectations and covering so much ground in such a short time. I'm pretty sure that my thoughts on this are not very popular but I have to say i was a little sad when I thought about titling this post the 'last' or 'final' or 'I'm done' because I am not even close to being done. I plan to continue with my techno blog as a means to share GREAT and EXCITING stuff that I continue to learn and use. I don't want to ever be done learning and sharing especially where technology is concerned because it is so fluid!
So, for now I will share...3 things I learned (this is difficult to limit it to three) but here goes...
1) How to create and maintain a blog, and a wiki, and a Symbaloo, and a live binder....(See what I mean)
2) How to embed and share various media
3) How to use Prezi with Jing to create a presentation :)
2 things in more depth...
1) Symbaloo - when I first created my Symbaloo I questioned it's purpose and how it was different than "My Favorites" other than being more esthetically pleasing but now that i know how AWESOME it is and how I can pull it up on ANY computer I am using to access ALL of my favorites without having to start with a google search and am adding other AWESOME mixes that I come across like a Kindergarten mix and a 2nd & 3rd grade mix and a Janet Slaughter mix and... need I say more :)
2) Embedding and sharing - before this class not only did I not have any of these social media accounts but had no idea about all the little "buttons" that are attached to almost everything I look at and read online that i can just click and share to just about anyone at anytime from anywhere. I LOVE it! It is so easy to share stuff WITHOUT even using email :) just like posting video clips, articles, pins...on my blog.
1 thing I plan to to implement...
1) The web 2.0 tool that I shared with the class (Storybird) I have already implemented as a teacher which I plan to continue to use but as an administrator i think that I would really like to focus on Digital Citizenship (using the common sense media curriculum) school-wide as well as the practices/implementation of the flipped classroom making sure to provide and facilitate individualized, relevant, and on-going PD for interested staff and teachers.
3, 2, 1...I'm not done! There's more to come! Stay tuned...
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