This course has been such a great experience and I have added so many tech tools to my repertoire! I was a little hesitant when first beginning this course because I already had such a great tool box, but this course allowed me to find even more great tools! Each module provided countless examples and also advice for implementation which is very beneficial. Being in the classroom and being able to test these tools out on my students also helped. I could almost immediately try many of these tools with my students with just a little pre-planning and my students definitely did not complain. I essentially revamped many of the basic activities and lessons I used to do with fun, more engaging, options that still taught the same content.
This course also helped me with my blogging skills. I enjoy writing, but I don't necessarily enjoy writing for many others to read and respond. So the blogging requirement of each module helped me get more comfortable with that thought and by reading and commenting on the blogs of my classmates I was also able to get ideas and grow as a blogger. Not to mention, the amount of tools I learned about just from reading the blog posts of others is endless. Overall, this course was very beneficial to me and I now have so many new and creative ways of implementing technology with my students. Next year's students better be ready, because they're going to have a fun-filled technology experience in my classroom!
This course also helped me with my blogging skills. I enjoy writing, but I don't necessarily enjoy writing for many others to read and respond. So the blogging requirement of each module helped me get more comfortable with that thought and by reading and commenting on the blogs of my classmates I was also able to get ideas and grow as a blogger. Not to mention, the amount of tools I learned about just from reading the blog posts of others is endless. Overall, this course was very beneficial to me and I now have so many new and creative ways of implementing technology with my students. Next year's students better be ready, because they're going to have a fun-filled technology experience in my classroom!