EDM Final Reflection


What a semester! I cannot believe it is over. I have so enjoyed this semester and this class. I am taking away many new collaborative tools to use in my classroom. One of those tools that I want to implement in my classroom next year is a classroom blog. I would love to set up a classroom blog to share information, lessons, extra practice, pictures and videos to my parents and students. I love a blog because it gives the parents an opportunity to go back and look at previous blog post and to comment. They even have the opportunity to share the blog with family members if wanted. I also want to enhance my students digital literacy by providing tools and applications for them to use in the classroom. Besides implementing the classroom blog, I want to implement socrative more for assessment tools. I have used it before and love how it grades it for you and provides a data analysis for you. As an educator, it is important for us to reflect on data because it helps us better ourselves by looking at where gaps need to filled. Another take away tool that I plan to implement more are online interactive lessons. I believe that by providing interactive lesson using nearpod, it engages the students more. When students are engaged then they are able to retain more information and scores are higher.

This brings me to my favorite project that we completed in this class. We did a lot of projects that I really enjoyed. I enjoyed exploring video tools. I really enjoyed the screen o cast tool. I do plan on using this more for my classroom blog. This tools is great to use to explain concepts to parents because you can show them on your screen as well. My favorite project would have to be the last project we completed which was the PDP (professional development plan). I found this very beneficial because I am such a planner. I enjoyed sitting down and planning the next three years and how I plan to implement technology in my classroom. It helped me plan the steps I was going to take to make it happen. This was a wonderful project that I do plan to implement.

My big takeaways from the class is that educators are the tools to teach students digital literacy and that we must become digital literate before attempting to make our students. We do this by providing equal opportunity for all students to use technology. We model programs, apps, and other tools that we require students to use. We need to infuse our classroom with digital literacy. I am also taking away a sense of pride because I have gained much new knowledge of technology tools to use in my classroom. I enjoyed practicing them in the classroom and become familiar with it before using it in a classroom setting. Lastly, I am taking away a new found vocabulary and love for technology. I truly have learned so many new tools to use in the classroom.


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