What I've Learned

Throughout this semester I've been challenged not only to learn different aspects of technology, but also how to integrate technology into learning. Yes, I've learned how to create websites, share links, create and use SMARTBoard activities, use free online resources like Animoto, but even more importantly than that, I've learned how to incorporate all of these things into creating a more effective learning environment.

I think technology is vital in education because one of the purposes of education is to prepare children to become successful adults. If they are not exposed and taught appropriate technological usage, educators will not have been successful in preparing the children for adulthood.

I don't know that my view of technology has really changed through the semester, but I've become more confident in my ability to use it and become more aware of the options there are in using it. I knew there was a lot of cool stuff out there, but I thought you had to be a geek in order to learn it :-) Now I know that I'm capable of learning and implementing many forms of technology.