Reflective Post

Over the course of this class, I have learned more than I thought I could about technology. As I had originally stated when introducing myself to the class, I was apprehensive about the course as I had had a rather fickle relationship with technology in the past and doubted my ability to really learn anything beyond the basics for the future.

But as we learned about each new tool in surprisingly easy to manage steps, I found that I enjoyed these new technologies and even bookmarked them to use later on in my teaching career!

Credit: Flickr user superkimbo

During this course, I learned about wonderful tools such as emaze and padlet that I hope to delve into in the future. And through assignments such as the collaborative lesson plan, webquest, and the e-portfolio, I feel a deeper understanding of what will be asked of me as a teacher as well as more comfortable with these responsibilities.

I also enjoyed all of the suggestions used in the textbook for how to apply these new (or even well-known technologies such as twitter) to the classroom. Before this class, I had never considered the educational merit of twitter or thought that I could "gamify" my classroom which I now look forward to doing.

I actually did an informative speech in one of my classes this semester on "gamification" because of what I learned in this course. The video that you provided where Jonathan Schenker spoke about how popular games could be used in the classroom really sparked my interest in the topic and through my own research, I realized how much I loved the whole concept.

Overall, I really enjoyed this class and am glad that I took it. If I were to have any comments as to what could be improved upon, possibly add more digital tools to select from. There was a great variety, but when I found a tool that I liked, I found that I wanted to see more links to similar tools.

I value what was learned in this course and will hold onto it for the future. Thank you for the positive experience, I now have a better opinion on online courses.

Resources:
(n.d.). Retrieved December 11, 2014, from http://www.emaze.com
Flat Classroom Skype. (2009, April 24). Retrieved December 11, 2014, from https://www.flickr.com/photos/superkimbo/3121816803/in/photolist-5KS8nD-kWCKPt-5CsKNf-8amY99-771N9b-kX5dXM-5Cot5z-7b1em2-efPhRs-9iuZhG-4eC6qj-9e4PLY-5Cot2D-aD2ofD-boVUWH-gcVHoo-26zVJr-fsDrz7-nWEvDG-9e4Q6b-nsXkGp-bqyvQx-btxUiJ-7jVFHj-bSP7xD-4Q497z-gQPeW-65JwPQ-bqysJc-2qdfBP-moVFa9-4ahA7u-dHECNM-bg91VF-4wXaCq-n7mdSy-5KWmUQ-5KS87n-5pZfUV-cJQ8Vb-2PDoni-fFZmqj-5KS8Fa-97SBVh-5LA8jc-divhFt-37P5bG-743qFD-56aFJ-ebAcg
(n.d.). Retrieved December 11, 2014, from http://www.padlet.com
(n.d.). Retrieved December 11, 2014, from http://www.twitter.com