As you can see above, there is a beginning to my journey. I have the basic framework set up for my class website/blog and am definitely feeling more optimistic than yesterday. I must give credit where credit is due and that goes to Naomi who patiently walked me through a few manoeuvres to help me get the site closer to what I had envisioned during collaborative time in class today. I realize that yesterday I was so caught up in getting the technology to do what I wanted it to do that  I couldn’t focus on anything else. Luckily, I have moved on.

The beauty of this class is that we have the opportunity, every day, to work directly with our colleagues: to collaborate, share and learn for purposes that are so completely valid to our particular situation/reality! It truly is a privilege to have this time to work together, it really is. I walked away from class today feeling so very connected, not only to those who are in my inquiry group, but also to all my classmates and our instructor who generously share their expertise on a daily basis. Knowing that I have this supportive network of people lifts me. I remain inspired by their endeavours and I am reminded of the reasons why I am using ICT in my world.

This feeling of connectivity is what I hope to establish with my website/blog. The possibilities for collaboration, creating, sharing, learning etc. via ICT are endless. I see so many resources I would like to explore and incorporate in both my roles as a classroom teacher and teacher-librarian. Visions of magnificent end products using technology dance in my head. But are they really “end” products? Will I/we not continually be at the beginning of ever evolving ICT? Yes, I will. But what counts today is that I have begun the journey and I know that I have a multitude of reasons for using technology.

My future vision project is a beginning and it will be improved upon, added to and modified as I carry on with its development. Even if I have limitations in what ICT is readily available to me in the classroom (ie: one teacher desktop and possibly a laptop/projector combo on a cart) the use of my website and all the other online resources that have been uncovered throughout this course will reach far beyond the walls of the classroom. We have so many options to be connected today using ICT. Here I am just beginning to figure out what I can do, share and build with one tiny slice of the ICT pie.