Summary of EDM 310

I have learned so much this semester in EDM 310. Maintaining my classroom blog and making weekly posts opened my eyes about this great communication and teaching tool. I definitely plan to have my students maintain their own classroom blog! The presentations I did in class gave me more confidence when speaking in front of the class and talking about myself. I thought I knew everything about Word and Excel, but I was wrong. This course taught me even more, particularly how to enter grades in Excel. The podcast and videocast were pretty intimidating at first, but I felt empowered once I did them. I learned a lot about education and teaching with technology by reading all of the posts that were assigned by students and teachers in this country and around the globe. Creating my very own PLN helped me to understand how technology is used to teach students and educators alike. I will continue to use it.

I felt like I made a student's day when I did the Comments4Kids assignment. Their stories were so precious. The most exciting tool I learned about was iTunes U. There is a vast amount of information to download for personal or educational use. I hope it is available in middle and high schools when I begin to teach. The biggest challenge for me was adding html tag modifiers to my blog posts, but I eventually got it right and was quite proud of myself. The ACCESS and ALEX programs in Alabama are a valuable asset to students and teachers. I learned a great deal about these and look forward to using them in my professional career as an educator. When you submit your assignments to Foliotek, you see which ones correlate with the teaching standards of Alabama. I feel I am much more technologically literate than I was before I began this course. I would rate myself as "Good". The future of technology in our schools changes rapidly and as educators, we must stay abreast of the constant changes it brings. This course was enlightening to say the least!!