The End of the Line!

•What are some things that you have learned about effective teaching strategies when integrating technology?•How did integrating web-based technologies help you think about and evaluate uses of technology•How have you met your own personal goals for learning about technology integration?•Do you have any new goals? What are your plans for reaching your new goals and your long-term goals after this course is over?

WHEWWW!!! This class is done already!? Im pretty sure that is as close to an academic sprint you can get to! If I had one word to describe 811 its intense because everything was so tightly packed together. This is rather bitter sweet because it is difficult to fully digest all of the content yet sweet in that there is no beating around the bush, you get to work, you hammer out your stuff (which I felt pretty darn good about) then you move on. I am rather pleased with how this class has helped to developed my teaching abilities. It definitely challanged me to create new ways to use technology in my class in a way that is fun, engaging, and of course very interesting. The two biggest pieces I came away with in this class is the ease that websites can be designed and used for class as well as the stAIR idea that can really help to build an effective individual platform for students to learn. This is a very valuable assignment idea to add to my repetoire.

The class certainly met my life encompassing goal of improvement through challenge. I certainly challenged myself to create very cutting edge lessons on both the content level and the technological level. As for specifics I met a short term goal of entering into the blogging arena for both myself personally and my class. As to how the class blogs will work out, I am uncertain becuase the amount of management it will requires. Regardless of the management challenge I was successful in making the idea a reality which my student's and I are excited to experience. As for goals still left unattended I am longing to find a way to implement simulations into my class. In addition to blogs and the plethora of online multimedia resources for histry I really feel simulation games will be the key to really creating an interactive and exciting adventure for my history classes.

Overall I enjoyed the experience and I can't wait to continue with the rest of my journey! 3 classes down, 5 more to go!