Reflection

At the start of this course I was very intimidated. I began to feel overwhelmed with the weekly application assignments. At one point I wanted to give up on the course. I continued on each week and through the encouragement of Walden University advisors, my instructor and classmates I continued my journey through the course.
This course helped me develop my own technology skills through acquiring new knowledge on how to use different tools that I can teach in my classes. I am especially impressed with creating personal blogs. I now have blogs as a part of my curriculum. I feel very confident instructing my students on how to create blogs and how they will be used throughout their coursework. I have deepened my knowledge of teaching and learning process through learning how to use different technology applications and being able to instruct my students with these applications. One way that my perspective has changed from being teacher centered to learner centered is that I use a different approach when teaching my students. I allow more input from my students in which I can strategize from the students input while their learning from each other which makes it one learner-centered community. The knowledge that I have acquired on teaching will always be an on going process. I will continue to expand my knowledge of learning, teaching and leading with technology through professional workshops, continuing education and collaborating with colleagues to campaign for tools we need in our classroom to increase the use of technology. One goal that I will set is to have a classroom without using textbooks. I will try to overcome this obstacle by giving the pros and cons of eliminating textbooks. I plan to meet with the administrators at my school to show how eliminating textbooks could possibly save money.