Well here I find myself at the end of the second part of the specialist, and I feel great about doing this part of the course, however, am nervous about the next part too!
I think the best part of this course for me was putting together the three year plan for our school. Not because that's where I learned the most but because that's where I was able to see the learning throughout this whole course come together in one piece. I feel I was able to use a variety of different skills from the course to put into that plan and it was cool to see all that come together. I was even kind of proud of it.
Putting together the Google calendar for the workshops was interesting and I think I can use it in the new year. I also really liked, and learned a lot from, Survey Monkey. This will be certainly be of use to me in the future as well. I think both of these tools I put to good use in the Three year plan as the data drove the instruction and the ideas for it. The survey also opened my eyes to how technology is being used in our school and how much more efficiently it could be used!
The discussion forums continue to be a key part of the courses as we are all able to learn from each other and each others ideas. I have had some great comments and critiques come my way as I posted activities, ideas and theories to the course boards, and I believe I was able to provide some great comments and critiques back to other candidates as well. To be able to partake in such discussion completely fulfills the Standards of Practice from the College of Teachers and should be expanded into other forums such as school PD and other meetings.
I'm not sure I have any outstanding questions to pose to my colleagues, I would like to thank everyone for being entirely professional in our discussions, posts and sharing. I would also like to extend my gratitude to those in the orange group for putting together some cool lessons and sharing with each other on Google Drive. I look forward to seeing many of your names in Part III!
You made a point that must not go unnoticed- that this was, I agree, the most professional of groups to work with! Comments, sharing, timely feedback from peers (not always from the instructor, however!) made this a wonderful group to work with! As collaborators, you set the standard high in how work was conducted and the products that were created and shared! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, you should be proud of how your tech plan came together!