Module+Six+Reflection


 * Reflection Prompt 6: How did understanding the standards and the pre-comp verification help you design your FE plan? How can your use your ePortfolio to help others understand how to integrate technology more effectively in the classroom?**

The pre-comp verification was very helpful. It forced me to look back at my teaching career and dig up technologies that I had been using. It made me realize that I actually do use more technology than I thought. Although I certainly grumbled about doing the pre-comp. verification a lot, I’m glad I did because it was helpful to see my technological accomplishments in one place. It also showed me what I need to work on, which is the most crucial part of this process. Once I could see what I have already accomplished, I was able to complete my FE plan, which was really just a list of goals that I have for myself regarding technology usage. To improve and show progress is a goal. I want to be better at incorporating technology in the classroom. 2. // Impact. How do you feel about what you learned? What do you now know or what can you now do that you didn't know or were not yet able to do before? How does this make you feel? Are you concerned about any of the things you observed or experienced // I felt really good after I completed my pre-comp verification because I realized that I do use technology in the classroom. Before, I was afraid that I wasn’t doing enough and that I would severely struggle with getting enough field experience to graduate. I now know that I still am not doing as much as I could, but it’s okay because I’m starting to learn tools to allow me to incorporate technology more. I’m still concerned about getting lots of diverse field experiences, but I’m not as nervous because I have a plan. The FE plan helped me feel a little more secure about my field experiences because I have a plan for most of the major areas. I know that I will continue to get more ideas from my future classes and fellow classmates too. I’m also excited about talking to my school’s current technology facilitator and getting ideas and opportunities from her.
 * 1) // Description. Make connections. What did you learn through reading the assigned reading and can you make a connection between your life and what you have read or learned. //

// 3. Intent. Based on your experiences, what will you do in the future to make use of your learnings. For example, will you, in some way, behave differently? Will you do further readings? Are there things you will observe more closely or in a different way? How will this impact your teaching or students //

I’m hoping that, in the future, my teaching methods will change for the better. I hope that I will become a better teacher who has more interactive and motivating lessons for her students. I hope that other teachers will come to me for ideas and I will be able to share with, teach and help them. I’m more motivated to gain diverse field experiences now, not just to graduate with a master’s degree, but to become a better teacher. Technology can help streamline education, make it more interesting, and make teaching more efficient, so it’s worth the time and effort of learning how to use it!