I have always found that I try to stay one step ahead of the game when it comes to the latest technology. I own the most up-to-date computers, iPhones, and now the new iPad. Yet there was so much out there that I have never even considered. And that stuff is free. Wiki spaces, podcasts, and blogs are something that I never have used in the past. All of the ideas that I have thought of and all of the ideas that this course has taught me is priceless. Although the end of the school year approaches and a lot of my ideas will have to wait, I can build on them and plan for a great school year. I have also been very active introducing these ideas to my professional learning teams and we are looking forward to putting a lot of it into place. I have already scheduled a few professional developments in Google Docs and, podcasts, and wikis for the up coming months. We are all very excited.
I have already started planning on how to transform my class into a 21st century classroom well before I started taking this course. I have written many proposals for grant money and technology training and I have been active in professional development. I have already been voted as the head of my school’s technology professional learning team and I hope to keep the position for next year. I have also pitched to have Promethean technologies come into our school and do demonstrations. My principal is very interested. All of this is working out very well. I guess I owe it all to the advances in technology. It could also be my uncontrollable interest... I just hope that I am fortunate enough to keep moving forward.
