Reflection

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To be honest, contributing the past seven weeks and being apart of this course has been a bit tedious and overwhelming. I must admit, I am the least tech savvy person and this course has challenged my creativity outside of the box. I find comfort in my ways and how I do things now. However, now knowing how technology evolves and the many free resources available to people, encourages me to want to try to keep up with the many benefits and useful resources the tech world has to offer! But honestly, it doesn’t. Although, I feel the way that I do, I did find this course resourceful and I will continue to use some things I found beneficial for my future use as an educator. 
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During this course, there were tools that allowed me to become open-minded on the many resources out there that can help me with my future career as a diverse learner teacher. Nearpod is very useful and I cannot wait to further explore it. I also enjoyed the active learning assignment on Padlet Using Blogger was also fun for me. I enjoyed receiving feedback and being able to read my classmates’ points of views on topics. In terms of the Twitter PLN assignment, as much as I did not understand how to properly use Twitter nor have I ever been interested in using it, I was able to find some useful information that gave me a real reason not to delete my account. Edutopia has so much useful information and articles on there. The articles I read were interesting and really grasped my attention.

Overall, my views on technology have changed as I witnessed how it truly can benefit students, teachers and families. It can also have a positive impact on professional life for people who use it for info, fresh ideas in the classroom or to tune in the latest news. This class overall has challenged me outside of my comfort zone, demonstrated how many useful tools are available for people and provided detailed information about the importance of technology, not only to adults but for students as well. Technology is an important tool to use in education and within the classroom.

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