Lessons+Learned

**Lessons Learned:**
====This course really opened my eyes to what technology can do for my practice. I would like to consider myself pretty tech-savvy, I use the internet on a daily basis, I know how to troubleshoot for the most part, and I am pretty knowledgeable on the functions of the office suite. But after taking EDUC 538, I have learned so much more!==== ====I have never created/published something to the internet before and I love the opportunities for communication with my students and their parents that having my own website will create. I have always loved the idea of using the internet as a forum in my classroom, but until this class, I never really understood how I could make it work. I think that my students will be really impressed with how I will incorporate this new medium into my instruction.==== ====I had also never really considered how instructional YouTube could be until I took this class. I always just thought that is was for music videos or videos of kids doing stupid pranks. I was surprised to find that there are so many “how-to” videos for the web 2.0 tools that can make using them so much less intimidating. I will definitely be going back to YouTube more often now to search for videos to use in my classroom and my instruction.==== ====I appreciate that this class gave time to not only instruction on the web 2.0 tools but also a practical way in which to use them. I am now able to take full advantage of all of the things that Google offers when you have an account (calendar, Google reader, Google docs) and I think that all of these things will help me to keep my life organized. I am excited to use more of the web 2.0 tools in my classroom as well.==== ====All in all, this class has had a tremendous impact on my teaching practice. I know that my lessons will be more engaging and relevant for students because of the technology that I have learned how to use. And I know that I will be a much more informed educator because of the knowledge that I learned in Media Literacy for Teachers!====