End of 8Y59...but not the end of my technological journey

As EDUC 8Y59 comes to an end today, I was thinking about my technological journey that began in the second week of September. I was initially apprehensive about taking this optional course. A Twitter account?! A blog?! What’s Ning?! But, as I said in my first blog post ever, I realized that I was going to be pushed outside of my comfort zone and take part in some things that I’ve never even heard of before. I’m glad that I embraced the learning that Zoe facilitated for us. I feel like I’ve learned so much just within the ten sessions of this course. By taking this optional course, I also feel that I’ve been given more opportunities to learn and grow, especially within the realm of 21^st century education, than my fellow teacher candidates who chose not to take this class. But the learning and growth will not stop here. Besides attempting the implement the technologies that I learned about in my future classrooms, I want to continue blogging, continue taking part in an online professional learning community, and continue experimenting with alternative technologies that are still foreign to me.

As my last blog post for 8Y59 (but not the last post ever), I wanted to end by giving a huge thank you to Zoe Branigan-Pipe for being one of the most amazing and passionate instructors that I’ve ever had and helping me become open-minded to a whole technological world out there that can help me enrich the learning of my future students.