Reflecting

Reflecting on Ed Tech 

Image Source: Giphy

This week is week 8- the last week in the semester for this class, I'll be honest, it flew by. 

Let's talk about how I feel now about Technology in Education

Honestly speaking, I feel indifferent. I truly believe that technology is the future but I also am a little "old school" in the sense that I love not always having to use technology. I am definitely on the borderline of loving it but not depending on it. I will say it comes in handy, it is super interactive and pretty user friendly for students which I love, but, what I would like to shy away from as an educator is becoming dependent on technology. I do feel that technology is so important for students with learning because its a tool that they can utilize anywhere technology is available. There have been numerous times I have heard my younger students tell me that they use the same apps they use in school at home, and that makes me so happy that they continue their learnings at home and that it doesn't stop at dismissal. I do believe that technology in education can be powerful so long as its not something we grow dependent on. Overall, this class definitely helped shift my feelings about education and technology to a more positive one. I am someone who uses social media probably the least amount of anyone I know so I was 100% intimidated by this course but now I feel great, happy I did it and put in the time and work to learn about how impactful tech is to education.

Looking back to week 1

I went back to my very first blog post and read through it. I didn't use any specific giphy to describe how I felt about it, I used giphy images to show myself checking off a box for coaching in the special olympics. How I felt looking back into my first week creating the blog? Overwhelmed would be an understatement. I felt a combination of feelings but looking back at these past 8 weeks it wasn't as bad as I had initially imagined. The giphy image I chose above clearly depicts how I feel at the conclusion of this class. A lot has happened so far, I challenged myself with this course, I challenged myself creating and using Twitter and so many other aspects of this course and I am happy to say that I did. I feel growth. 

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