Second time's the charm, right? I finished relatively strong this
time around, and I can say that I have learned much more than I thought I
would. The last time I took this course, the blog posts overwhelmed me. I found
a way to have fun with those this time, and to even do the extra credit
blogs...who am I?!
What I loved most
about this class was that I was "forced" to read into the text enough
to reflect through these blog posts. I wasn't just writing word for word from
the textbook, but instead forming an opinion and looking back on my personal experiences.
As a student in the technology era, I see new advances everyday and learn to
use them as a way to update my own understandings. I never think about the
"one day" when my student's technology knowledge supersedes mine.
There will be a time that I will need an instruction manual, or need to ask my
kids where the heck the power button is!
Thanks to this
course, I found many new useful websites to use. My personal favorite is
Piktochart because it totally outdoes PowerPoint. The graphics are clean, it's
user friendly, and I'm sure there are many different ways to use it. For
my preferred age group of middle school students, this program would come in
handy. It is something I would be able to teach them and hopefully they would
use it for years to come.
Overall, I’m glad I finished up my undergraduate degree with this
class. I learned a lot and will be able to take these new technological
advances with me! The only critique I have for this course is sometimes the
description of assignments (mostly discussions) is too wordy and I find it hard
to understand what the assignment actually is. To wrap this last post up, here's a (you guessed it) piktochart!
References
Novak, B (2016, Dec 7) Tech created with Piktochart https://magic.piktochart.com/
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