When I entered this course, I was not sure what to expect. I have had many workshops and courses that have explained and demonstrated the social networking. Nothing in terms of the content we brand new to me. The same goes for the tech aspect of the course (only Blackboard and Scoopit were new to me).
Where does this leave me in terms of how I have grown. Well the answer for this is more personal. Throughout this course I have developed an appreciation that my professional knowledge is valid and useful for some. Therefore, I must do my best to share more of my own thoughts and ideas. Be a creator and not a lurker.
I also learned, that sometimes I am my own worst critic. Several times I've made comments about how something isn't perfect and things I wanted to tweak only to have classmates love the work that I did. I don't expect my co-workers or students to be perfect, why should I place this expectation upon myself (still do but getting better).
My teaching practice when I work with adults will probably be the area that is most impacted. I am moving to a new school which as of right now will most likely be a virtual experience. Going through the process of developing a mini-curricular unit online, helped me to think about how I can provide training and support to teachers in the new school.
There were 2 challenges that I had issues with. The first is that being an elementary tech integrator means that my students would not be able to use most of what I created independently (user age is ofter 13 or 16, or 18). Thus I decided to focus my unit on adults as teacher training is a big aspect of my job.
The second was in the delivery method. I didn't want to create a course in a whole new learning platform that teachers would have to learn. Thus I stuck to the Bulb, Google Sites, and Zoom as these are the platforms currently in use or will be in use in the near future. However, I decided to toss in a few additional tools (not the main platforms) to get teachers thinking more about tech and social learning (ex. YouTube, Diigo).
For students taking this course in the future I would suggest:
As for my blog performance during the course. I would personally say that I've done what was necessary but didn't spend the time to add multimedia to my posts to make it more engaging. This is something that I need to work on.
Overall I enjoyed the course and am happy that I took. Now to continue contributing to the global pool of knowledge.
Where does this leave me in terms of how I have grown. Well the answer for this is more personal. Throughout this course I have developed an appreciation that my professional knowledge is valid and useful for some. Therefore, I must do my best to share more of my own thoughts and ideas. Be a creator and not a lurker.
I also learned, that sometimes I am my own worst critic. Several times I've made comments about how something isn't perfect and things I wanted to tweak only to have classmates love the work that I did. I don't expect my co-workers or students to be perfect, why should I place this expectation upon myself (still do but getting better).
My teaching practice when I work with adults will probably be the area that is most impacted. I am moving to a new school which as of right now will most likely be a virtual experience. Going through the process of developing a mini-curricular unit online, helped me to think about how I can provide training and support to teachers in the new school.
There were 2 challenges that I had issues with. The first is that being an elementary tech integrator means that my students would not be able to use most of what I created independently (user age is ofter 13 or 16, or 18). Thus I decided to focus my unit on adults as teacher training is a big aspect of my job.
The second was in the delivery method. I didn't want to create a course in a whole new learning platform that teachers would have to learn. Thus I stuck to the Bulb, Google Sites, and Zoom as these are the platforms currently in use or will be in use in the near future. However, I decided to toss in a few additional tools (not the main platforms) to get teachers thinking more about tech and social learning (ex. YouTube, Diigo).
For students taking this course in the future I would suggest:
- Spending time to find out what social networks work best for you
- Develop a good strategy for monitoring your social networks (Hootsuite)
As for my blog performance during the course. I would personally say that I've done what was necessary but didn't spend the time to add multimedia to my posts to make it more engaging. This is something that I need to work on.
Overall I enjoyed the course and am happy that I took. Now to continue contributing to the global pool of knowledge.
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