To tell the truth, I used to think that education was all work and no play. The negative connotations that entailed this feeling made me turn away from many great opportunities for learning. This made my undergraduate experience an arduous one.

But after finishing my undergraduate degree in Philosophy and gaining some work experience teaching and tutoring ESL in Taiwan, I realized that I was just living life the easy way. If I continued on this path, my life would most likely end without significance.

This was when my concept about learning and education changed. I realized that education is an opportunity to learn, because learning is how a person can change and live a purpose-driven life. Learning is not only for the good of oneself. It is also an opportunity to contribute to the society as a whole. A person cannot live life without learning, so why not make the most of it?

This change in perception resulted in my return to Vancouver and the completion of my TESL diploma and B.Ed degree in elementary education. It is also the reason why I am currently enrolled in the MET program.

I want to learn everything I can about education and technology. How can technology be most effectively used in education? What are the ways that technology can be used to enhance, demonstrate, and assess learning? What are the consequences of technology in learning? Does technology help students learn better or does it make students learn less?

Technology has always been an interest of mine, and the MET program is an opportunity for me to become an expert in incorporating technology into education. What I love about the program is that not only does it help educators learn the theoretical and practical aspects of technology integration, the program also makes use of the things learned to build artifacts and projects that could be utilized in the field of education. The process from theory to the construction of knowledge and artifacts allows the reinforcement of one’s own learning. This leads the way to engage in metacognition which fosters higher order thinking as well as 21st century skills. These are the things I want to learn more about in the MET program.