Reflections

"I am so glad we had this time together" T Suzonne H. Crockett Journal Entry Final Exam I envision this course as a course design to teach me how to utilize technology in the classroom. I expected it to enlighten me on current issues facing administration. I was also seeking information so that I would understand various aspects of technology. I feel guaranteed that the course was what, I envisioned. The outcomes I envisioned for this course were 21 century learning and understanding of technology. This course allowed me to achieve this outcome by factual inquiries that probe the depths of my understanding. I came to this course with a shallow background and left with a vast amount of information. I achieved those outcomes and surpass them as well. One of the great outcomes achieved was the usage of terminology I gained from the interaction with other students and my instructor. They align with those that I envisioned perfectly. This class hoists me up the ladder of technology to get the results I desired. The instructor (Dr. Abernathy) had a great knowledge of this discipline. I have achieved the outcomes to the extent that I am now applying the information received in my coursework in my classes. They are very relevant to the work that I do in class. Thanks to my knowledge of digital immigrant and digital natives I was able to expose my students to computer software relevant to their particular tutorial needs. Student, as well as myself, was able to carry out a procedure and implement our thoughts. This technology allowed assessments to be created that would demonstrate, describe, and decipher information for the students in developmental math. The key in technology and developmental math is to make associations in context different from that in which students originally leaned the material. Students learn more by actually doing the math than watching the instructor do the math. Technology gives our students an opportunity to do the math. Contact with the computer for students is an excellent way to engage and mentor students. I did not achieve my personal goal of becoming advanced with various software and hardware products. This was prevented because technology is constantly changing. I am comfortable being a novice with websites such as wiki etc… I am a digital immigrant so there fore I had a lot of ground to cover. My wiki created for this course is like I-10 it is going to always be under construction for me. Technology and teaching go hand and hand. The long range plan for technology 2006-2020, which established a shared vision of teaching and learning, and the processes for improved student achievement, through the application and integration of technology was one of my weak skills. I did not achieve the familiarity of this document as I would have liked. This was due to the fact I am working on a two year college level and often I was so engrossed with the application for my classes I did not give the long range plan my undivided attention. I split it with information pertaining to my particular situation. I was successful in carrying out the course assignments. At first reading I would freeze and call Dr. Abernathy. She was there to assist me on every call. I especially enjoyed the private web cam conference between the two of us. “No sight then no sound.” The assignments were meaningful and useful. I especially enjoyed, “Discussing Cyber Ethics with Students Is Critical.” The interaction with classmates on line was intelligent. Discussions were positive and thought provoking. The blackboard was different; however once one assignment was completed the system was user friendly. I was able to apply the assignments to my everyday work. I begin incorporating the assignment into my daily lessons and assignment for my students. The assignments were fun and well written. The most difficult part of my assignments was my own inexperience with technology and the web. The wiki space was fun and putting the picture on my home page was no cake walk, but now I know how to do it. I learn from this course how to build a search engine really cool. My greatest accomplishment was using the assignments and knowledge gain from the assignments and submitting a proposal to the ICTCM conference. This is the technology conference for Mathematics teachers. It was through this class I became confident to share my experiences with technology in my classroom. Personally, I am now aware that I am a digital immigrant. My technology has improved and my spring syllabus will reflect the assignments I enjoyed. I presented several of the articles from this course to my department chair and we agree that I will share this information with the other math teachers on my campus. We are taking a bold step and placing my math lab in every developmental math course. The asset scores give validation for technology in teaching. Our students love the instant feedback that comes from the computer. This course has been one of my favorite professional development pursuits. I look forward to continuing my wiki page and networking with developmental math teachers globally. ype in the content of your page here.