This has been a very trying semester for me to say in the least. Dealing with illness and being quarantined to my house for bed rest was a completely new experience that I would not wish on my worst enemy. During that time I was able to do a lot of reading for this class and learned that there is a lot of catching up and improvements education must achieve to keep up with the constant changing face of technology. The most beneficial aspect of this class was to see what other districts/schools had to offer their students. I was quite jealous on behalf of my students, due to the fact that my campus has two computers per class room at max. But I would say it has motivated me to investigate what is available for my campus to afford.
As far as the course itself I will say that I am classroom/hands on learner. Being self taught to a certain degree was a bit difficult for me at first. But as I worked with a couple of classmates it became a bit easier to deal with. For me I would have liked to have a little bit more face to face time during the week with the professor to be sure of their expectations out of each project. I feel as though it was hit or miss, some projects I did well on, other I felt as if I would have done better had I had more time in a classroom setting.
If I were to make any suggestions of change about this class I would like to see a second day added to the face to face meetings or a tutorial portion. Especially in regards to the different types of hardware and software that can be utilized in education. I also would suggest a portion of the class to cover, piece by piece, the state requirements of becoming a MTT would be awesome. Reading over the standards are a bit confusing, like most state documents, to fully understand what is expected from the teacher by the state would be a beneficial component to the class. Overall, the class was a good one in the sense that it did meet my expectations.
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