Since the beginning of the year I have been working diligently
reading my course assigned readings. I started my personal Professional Learning
Network and I have seriously been inundated with new information, ideas, and opinions. It
has been an interesting journey. For example, who would have thought I would
actually create and use a blog to document my reflections. I have had a twitter
account (@Mrsdeejay12) for several years but it was mostly just another icon on my phone. I
went in and started following people I thought were posting great,
innovative educational links or thoughts. I have used some of the information or
links from tweets in my lesson plans. I started using Google+ (mrsdeidrajohnson) and found it
great to keep track of emerging educational tools. I think my courses are
helping me achieve my learning goal. At the beginning, in my initial blog I listed two learning
goals and have been working progressively since that time to meet those goals.
I am seeing growth in my integration of technology in my lessons.
I have been known to keep the new things in the closet because I did not want to look “slow”
in front of my kids. I decided to take some out and play around with them. To my surprise, instead of mumbling when I would mess up,
they actually guided me through the process of using my slate in class and
showed me different things on my Prometheans board. It was almost a case of who
is teaching who in the class. I know my competency level is low with some technology, but by
challenging my students and showing them that no one has all the answers, they
are more likely to try.
