Reflection on the Building of My WebsitePart 1: Reflect on your process of building your website in terms of design, putting content and what you can now do…
Part 2: How can you take what you’ve learned from this master’s program out into the world and into your classroom immediately? Part 3: Finally, how do you plan to use what you’ve learned from this program in the future? I have to say that after I figured out how to use the tools and features in Weebly, I really enjoyed the process of building my website. Once I started adding content, I knew how I wanted my pages to look and that forced me to learn to use the features such as dividers and spacers. I especially loved the design aspects of creating my website. I began creating images for my categories in Logomakr when I had difficulty finding what I wanted using Creative Commons images. This allowed me to create a more consistent look to my pages. I have already taken what I’ve learned in this master’s program into my class as far as using digital tools to increase student engagement. One of my next steps will be to share my project with my colleagues at my site and beyond. I have already shared with a couple of teachers at my site who seem interested in giving blogging a try next year. I had a conversation with my principal recently and I’m excited that she wants to set some technology related goals that will provide our students more opportunities. I plan to share my enthusiasm and be available to help in any way I can. One of my big take-aways from this program is that I don’t need to be an expert at something to introduce it to my students - it’s okay to figure it out together and learn from one another. I look forward to staying connected with technology-using educators through some of the social media groups I belong to in order to learn about new tools and share successes and challenges. I’d like to get connected with the local CUE group as well. I will continue looking for ways to get to and stay in that “sweet spot” of the TPACK model we have all grown to love as I continue searching for new digital tools that will keep my students engaged.
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Dana Hand
4/22/2017 11:43:28 am
I so appreciate going through this Master's Program with you Jenny. Not only has your support helped me through this challenging process, but now I have a partner at my site who shares my enthusiasm for these new tools. I think that our shared understanding will definitely be able to help our school move forward in powerful ways. We are certainly not the "experts", but I think we do model the concept of teachers as life long learners. Congratulations on your amazing product! I am inspired to try blogging with my R180 students next year- with your help of course!
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Devorah
4/26/2017 06:41:05 am
"One of my big take-aways from this program is that I don’t need to be an expert at something to introduce it to my students - it’s okay to figure it out together and learn from one another." I couldn't agree more Jenny. I think that this is key to helping us become assets to our learning communities.
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