One goal I had in CEP 810 was to create a class website. I saw this goal become a reality during the course of CEP 812. My school asked me to be a tech coach and facilitate the grade level website. This role allowed me to work on another goal as well. I not only had a website but I was also leading and coaching my coworkers on some of the tools and features of the website such as adding video, building class blogs and adding new material to the site. My colleagues now come to me with tech questions and I am able to give them answers. I’ve also shared some of the tech projects I created from CEP 810 with my colleagues. Each of these minor accomplishments is building my reputation and filling my tech toolbox for moving into a technology coordinator position, which is my ultimate goal. I also had goals to learn how to screen cast and podcast. Both of these goals I accomplished during CEP 812.
I now need to continue to work on my podcasting skills. I understand how to podcast and how to share podcasts but now I need to become more efficient. I find myself spending too much time trying to record without errors and also trying to share without success. With more practice I will know what makes a good podcast, a good script, and efficient sharing.
I also want to improve my skills with Prezi. This is the type of presentation tool that I really like to use however I have only just begun to explore Prezi. I hope to become efficient at using Prezi because I enjoy the creativity and also the options for emphasizing information. I think that Prezi will be more exciting than PowerPoint or Google Presentation for elementary students to watch as well as my fellow teachers. By using Prezi when I have a presentation to make I will become more efficient and also use more of the great features.
I look forward to returning to the classroom with these new tech tools, skills, and ideas. I plan to share my understanding of Prezi, Glogster, Box.com, Jing and QuickTime, using Google tools in the classroom, Podbean.com, Voki.com, and my Weebly blog. Prezi is a great presentation tool that is unlike the others such as Google Presentation because it allows for more creativity, which is a passion of mine. Glogster.com, Podbean.com, and Voki.com are each great resources for sharing student understanding, presenting lessons, or just getting attention. These will be very useful in the classroom to engage students. Box.com is a great resource that I learned about during this course. I will be able to use it when posting documents to our grade level website. It allows for a full document to be displayed and it’s easy to upload to Box.com and then embed elsewhere.
I will share these resources with my grade level team during our PLC meetings. My team has asked for time to learn tech tips during each meeting and I have so much to share with them. I also look forward to not only using these things for my upcoming units of inquiry but I plan to teach my students how to use Jing, Glogster, and make a Voki as options for sharing their understanding of the units.
I have several new and existing goals since taking CEP 812. I will continue to build my repertoire of tech skills and knowledge and my reputation in effort to reach my goal of becoming a technology coordinator. To do this I will explore some of the resources that CEP 812 brought to my attention including but not limited to
I’d like to build my class blog and make it interactive for my students. I will be able to accomplish most of this on my own however I will seek help from our current tech coordinator with my schools sharing rites and possibly sharing sources such as DragonTales.
A goal I hope to accomplish between now and next summer is to take my technology sharing beyond my grade level team and offer professional development to my whole school on our professional development days. In order to reach this goal I’ll need permission and support from my superiors at school but I feel confident this won’t be a problem. This will take courage and confidence on my part with the technology.
Here is a link to my most recent Glogster displaying both what I’ve gained during CEP 812 and what I plan to continue to use and share beyond CEP 812:
http://ktamelia.edu.glogster.com/cep-812-and-katie/