Reflective Blog #8

"Aha!" - ETEC 524 has been an eye-opening, hands-on, fast-paced, life-changing class for me! After being out of college for 13 years and out of a regular education classroom/campus for 5 years, every week was an "Aha!" moment for me. I had never seen, and only vaguely heard of, the Web 2.0 technologies we used in this class. However after 8 weeks, I not only learned about wikis, blogs, etc., but created and applied them to my learning. I must confess when I created the first technology project, my blog, I got frustrated and almost cried. (Okay...I cried.) In part because I was nervous and worried that I would not be able to learn the technology skills required for this class in such a short time. However, I am a visual and tactile (hands-on) learner and I was able to catch on quickly and create the projects because Dr. W. provided great information and examples. My confidence in my technology skills have increased so much that I started looking forward to what we were going to create next.

I really enjoyed this class and hope to continue developing my technology skills. ETEC 524 is the first of many technology classes on my degree plan so I hope I will have Dr. W. as a professor again.

Once I graduate and I become a school librarian, I plan to help teachers and students integrate technology in their classrooms.