Week Ten: Final Reflection

This course has been a great experience for me. I feel I have gained an overall improved sense of how the internet can enhance teaching and learning across a variety of ages. In the various courses I have taken this summer, there has been a resounding emphasis on the number of tools that are at our fingertips and the notion that students are growing up in a digital age. This is so true and we need to make an effort to use this to our advantage. We have the power to tap into our students thinking and creativity outside the confines of a traditional teaching and learning context. There are endless possibilities for teachers to enhance or extend their traditional lessons by using some of the learning tools found on the internet.
As I have mentioned, or at least thought to myself many times throughout this course, it is so important for teachers to take advantage of professional development opportunities in technology. Technology is one of those areas where students could very easily get ahead of us. I always make every effort to stay at least 3 steps ahead of my students (I do mean this literally as I had autistic students who would be down the street if I wasn't 3 steps ahead of them!!). I may not always be sucessful, but I try very hard!