From+My+Heart


 * Straight from my heart to yours:**

I learned a few things about myself from creating this wiki. I learned that technology will be a great tool to utilize as a 21st century educator. Students should become familiar with technology in early stages of their life and use it as a resoruceful tool. The more advanced technology is going to become the more classrooms should use it in their cirriculum. I leanred the value of advanced planning and doing the work in small pieces. This allowed me to re-write or edit the material until I was satisfied with it.

I learned about the process of becoming a teacher by doing my wiki because I found out that it is not something that happens over night, but takes patience and stages to get where you want to be. I also learned from creating this wiki that being a teacher is an on-going process that can always be tweaked and reviewed again.

I am most proud of the lesson plans that I have created for the assignments. I really feel as if they are useful, realistic, lesson plans that can be used over and over again. My lesson plans find fun and creative ways for students to use technology without it becoming frustrating for them.

If I could do one thing differently next time it would definately be the completion of the assignments. Even though I finished all the assignments given, if I had more time, I would be able to easily add more to each project. I am most concerned about working in rural communities where technology will not be easily accessable. This will be hard for me because I know that students will not always have the same advantages of suburban communities.

I will overcome obstacles with technology because I learned that technology is a process. If you don't get what you want the first time, you need to try, and try again. Technology is a great tool but can become frustrating and tiresome, so it is important to spend time producing quality work. I learned that technology is constantly evolving and it takes a creative mind to bring out the idea or learning objective in a way a student can understand it. Technology allows me to edit and enhance the material as I continued my reasearch.


 * I am a 21st Century Educator.** Technology that will most epitomize my classroom with be the use of computers with internet that will allow access to some of my techology skills. This wiki will be a very helpful tool for students, parents, and the teacher to stay in touch.