{"id":180,"date":"2021-08-08T11:57:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T18:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mspatellibrary\/?p=180"},"modified":"2021-08-08T11:57:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T18:57:24","slug":"libe-477-final-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mspatellibrary\/2021\/08\/08\/libe-477-final-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"LIBE 477: Final Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I write my final reflection post for LIBE 477, I can\u2019t help but think about when I first started this course six weeks ago, I thought I would simply be exploring different ways to integrate technology into the classroom\/library. Fast forward six weeks and I am leaving the course with SO much more. Starting with the \u201cWhy School?\u201d readings, I quickly came to realize that ICT education is imperative, and it is my job as an educator to implement it in my classroom. I also realized that educating adults to be technologically proficient is the first step in order to help our students develop those same skills. As a millennial, or digital native<\/em> (a new term I learned during my final vision project), I have always been fairly comfortable about using technology in my teaching practice. I have also always loved helping other educators in my school with their ICT questions or issues. Each of the blog posts I completed in this course left me with a feeling of inspiration and an itch to do MORE with myself, my students, and my colleagues and community.<\/p>\n

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My biggest takeaway from this course would be the importance of collaboration and connection in the world of ICT. I feel inspired to take on a leadership role in my school so that I can help others learn about and integrate ICT in their teaching practice. Rather than simply helping teachers troubleshoot, I would love to find ways to teach them new skills, while learning new skills alongside with them. For example, initiating professional development by inviting guest speakers, or even leading a workshop myself.<\/p>\n

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For my final Vision of the Future<\/a>, I wanted to find a way to integrate all the valuable lessons I have learned into one all-encompassing project. I had difficulty narrowing down a specific topic and artifact, and started and scrapped almost a dozen projects in the timespan of a few days. I finally decided to go back to the beginning to revisit my idea from the start of the course. I know that I am passionate about critical media literacy, that there is a gap in knowledge with my students, and that I could add more dimension to my earlier ideas by using what I learned in this course. In my final Vision of the Future project, I was able to integrate the various lessons I learned in this course, and focus the project on collaboration. I hope to connect and collaborate with my colleagues with the Critical Media Literacy Tool Kit (the artifact)<\/a>, show them how to use it, work together to deliver lessons, and initiate a school-wide initiative to develop a more fluid ICT curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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