Is it the End or Only the Beginning?

     My favorite exercises in this learning journey involved creating something new.  I loved the Youtube and Animoto exercises because I was given a lot of freedom with what I chose and I got to create something that was really cool.  I also enjoyed the activities that involved the social networking sites.  I feel like some of the other posts might be a bit boring because there are not many pictures to look at.

     This program has affected my lifelong learning goals because I now really want to know more about what is out there in educational technology.  I would love to develop something that my students can do online that will help them learn, and I would love to share that with other educators.  There is now so much out there and it is constantly changing.  My lifelong learning goals now include technology and to keep on a level that will continuously help my students.

     I was surprised at how much was actually out there for educators to use in their classroom.  This experience also gave me a new way to look at tools that I already had access to.  I plan on looking at a number of different things I do online in a new way and attempt to gear it towards my classroom.

     I think the best way to improve this program is to break things up a bit differently.  I know that similar things are grouped together for a reason, but I think that if the more fun activities were mixed in evenly the blog would be more interesting and people would enjoy it more, at least I know I would.  Other than that, everything was great!

     I have already spoken a bit about how this activity will influence my practice as a teacher.  Students love technology and they love doing activities on it.  I will try to incorporate much more of this in my classroom time.  I feel much more confident with how to do this and can't wait to start.

     I plan to keep up with new developments in Web 2.0 by simple Google checks and looking up the latest research.  A good way to do this is watch for new things on Pinterest and Twitter.  People are constantly posting new things out there.

     I hope to re purpose this blog when I get my own classroom or even start a new one just for my experience as an educator.  This is not the last that you will hear from me on the edublog front!  That I can guarantee.