Summative Thoughts<\/p>\n
Blog #14<\/p>\n
The three weeks has been quite a journey through the web of technology.\u00a0 I was a reluctant student going into this course, but now I have a purpose to pursue. Implementing technology to collaborate, communicate and to develop critical analysis. \u00a0 Learning or becoming aware of the different applications was so informative, especially when our classmates were already using certain applications.\u00a0 Their insight was invaluable and I now have a list of applications to explore and possibilities of uses.<\/p>\n
The hard part is the advocacy for technology in such a way that we are not replacing good teaching with an application or using it without some sound pedagogy.\u00a0 The community -sharing group that is created by collaboration is important, because if we keep it to ourselves, we are not helping our colleagues to grow as educators.\u00a0 We need to model collaboration ourselves in a proactive way if we want our students to do the same.<\/p>\n
The final project is a blog is intend to connect teachers with ICT – for the school it is the first step toward creating a technology learning community.\u00a0 I emailed my principal and he answered me even though he was in Florence.\u00a0 “Good idea” is all he said.\u00a0 So I\u2019m not quite sure how he will support the blog.\u00a0 If I give him specific ideas and ways to go about it he can be quite supportive.\u00a0 I remember when we merged the two library collections and I needed help with shelving the books.\u00a0 When I asked for help, his reply was,\u00a0 \u201cWhat do you want me to do.?\u201d Thank goodness I had a plan.\u00a0 I told him I needed a \u201cworking bee\u201d, I needed all the library techs to be released from the high schools to help read the shelves.\u00a0 He was on the phone and had everything in place within the day.\u00a0 That collaborative effort took us less than a day, had I tried to do it myself with the library tech, it would have taken a month. There is a lot of thinking and negotiating at a personal level to really make it work and to get administrative support.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m glad Jenny talked about our energy levels when starting our advocacy because I was thinking, \u201cWhat have I gotten myself into?\u201d\u00a0 It is\u00a0 my stressors-taking on this role and then not being able to fulfill how often I should post things.\u00a0 Once a week might be too much to keep up on a consistent level.\u00a0 I might aim for twice or once a month.\u00a0 With my moodle course I post assignments every fifth of the month, so the students know to check.\u00a0 Here again I\u2019m taking on this role all by myself, I should remind myself that we have a tech committee and they should be the first people involved.<\/p>\n
Being at the technical level I am, it was challenging to get the technical aspects of the blog up and going.\u00a0 I was having a minor heart attack when seeing all the final projects on the last day.\u00a0 My blog will need a lot of work, but it might be all the challenges that will keep me engaged.\u00a0\u00a0 Over the weekend, I talked to friends who have their own blogs and they seem to think consistency in posting is important, because it is what keeps followers engaged and fulfilling expectations.<\/p>\n
I had wonderful collaborations with people interested in what I was doing.\u00a0 I did get some advice and was on the part creating a sample handout for teachers on an application.\u00a0 I had it all written up and decided a link to the information was more appropriate, because it looked too wordy.\u00a0 I think I will have a 10 minute lunch hour meeting with food supplied by the principal (he doesn’t know yet).\u00a0 I think I will call it the “Ten Minute Technology Bite”, strongly influenced by our “Ten minutes of fame”.<\/p>\n
I wanted to add in a forum, but WP doesn’t allowed it unless it is a customized site, in other words, I would have to get my own domain name.<\/p>\n
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