Class reflection

I just want to say that I enjoyed this class. I am not in this program but I took this course, and several other EDIT courses, to learn more about technology and how to use it in the classroom. This course, like the others, has shown me so much about the integration of technology.

I liked learning about the different levels of technology integration. I was able to actually see that even though I use certain technologies every day that my true level of integration is quite low. I will now be working toward my new goal of increasing my level of technology integration in the classroom.

Some of the assignments in this class were a little extensive, in my opinion. I really enjoyed learning about online social bookmarking, like using Diigo. But I don't we needed to come up with over 50 sites to learn how to use it. I also thought the requirement for the tech conference was a bit much. I couldn't take off work to go and I couldn't really afford it. Because of this I had to search through last year's conference's archives to find a session worth listening to and writing about. I'm sorry if that sounds too negative, but I just wanted to let everyone know how I felt about it.

I did however like the individual project. As you know I used an assignment that I use regularly and built off of it - career presentations. It has been really great to see how interested they have been in learning about creating resumes and participating in interviews. They also enjoyed learning about and creating budgets in Excel - you know kids like money.

I would like to apologize to you, my blog buddies, for being so slack with my weekly postings this semester. A combination of being very busy at my school and the overlying thought of graduating this semester has either left me with very little time or just made me lazy. There's no excuse either way to let my assignments or my responsibilities to my blog buddies slide like this. And for that, again, I am sorry.

Good luck to everyone!