Reflection

• In what ways has this course helped you to develop your own technology skills as a professional teacher?
o I think that this course has given me a lot of insight to the power technology has and will have in the classroom. I have learned of new ways to use technology in the classroom, including Wiki’s, Blogs and Podcasts. I want to start using these tools in my class to help make me a better teacher and to help my student become better learners.
• In what ways have you deepened your knowledge of the teaching and learning process?
o Students are not the same as they were years ago. Students need to be challenged and they want to learn in a way that is comfortable to them. Students today use technology more and more in their home lives and want to use it more and more in the classroom. We live in a digital world and our students need to be digital learners.
• In what ways have you changed your perspective from being teacher-centered to learner-centered?
o I like the idea of being in a learner-centered classroom. I think that it puts the focus more on the student(s). The student will in turn take more interest in their own education. The class will be more student driven rather than being lead by the teacher. Students will have to be able to find creditable information and be able to use that information.
• In what ways can you continue to expand your knowledge of learning, teaching, and leading with technology with the aim of increasing student achievement?
o I think that this class has been a good launching off point and the following classes will help me to continue expanding my knowledge of technology. I will need to keep up on the latest technology and be able to pass those on to my students, in order to make them 21st century learners.
• Set two long-tem goals (within two years) for transforming your classroom environment by which you may have to overcome institutional or systemic obstacles in order to achieve them. How do you plan to accomplish these goals?
o I want to use a class blog to not only integrate technology but to also incorporate writing into my PE class. Writing across the curriculum is a focus in our district and a class blog will help me to do that.
o A school goal that I have is to have more computers and at one point have enough computers that each student can use a computer at their desk every day. We need to have more laptops for our students.

Podcast

Here is the link to a podcast I did for my masters class, asking a student about how shes uses technology. rcameron24.podbean.com