Reflection on The Impact of Technology

When reflecting on the class about Understanding the Impact of Technology on Education, Work, and Society I look back and see that this class really helped me understand more about technology. I learned about new things that I had never heard of and now have new ideas to take into my classroom. I also learned more about things that I knew about but did not understand entirely. I love the idea of using a blog which I did not before. When looking at the checklist, I see a few differences from Week 1 to Week 8. The category that says: work to promote best practices in technology integration by researching, evaluating, selecting and sharing new tools for classroom instruction. In Week 1 I checked rarely now I have changed it to Often. I now feel more comfortable about sharing my new tools in my classroom and with colleagues. The category that says: Design instructional activities requiring student collaboration to accomplish a joint task, I checked sometimes in Week 1 now I would change it to Often. I love allowing students the opportunity to work together but after studying about 21st century students I see now how important it is for students to work together. I am still working on becoming more of a facilitator for my students. My 2 long term goals are: 1. use more technology in the classroom and 2. further my understanding of technology so that I can use more technology in my classroom. I plan to achieve these goals by taking classes through Walden and the county that I work in. I am also going to take more risks and experience with different ideas. If they do not work then I will try something new or try and figure out what the problem is. I have really enjoyed this class and learned many new things this 8 weeks.