Conclusion and Self Assessment

I have learned so much since January.  I am proud of my new skills and I am glad to share them with the other teachers in my school.  I understand there remains a great deal for me to learn, but the new skills I need to learn hold much less stress and awe.  I feel much more prepared to incorporate technology into our school. I am taking several classes  this summer to keep up with the new technology that is out there.  I also plan to do the professional development exercises from the text I did not get a chance to complete during the semester.  I am planning on implementing a 23 things site for our school to help the other teachers and my self be more up to date and tech savvy.  I talked to my principal and I am on the professional development calendar for the beginning of the year so I can take time to show the teachers how to set up the projector to the lap top, how to use the scanner- copier we have as well as the white board we found in the security room.  i will show teachers how to use the database the district pays for to help the children do research safely and I will collect a list of sites  to find free materials and teaching tools.  I have ordered another ELMO machine and we ordered another COW (Computers on Wheels)  for next year.  I am requesting that the technology people install the software so we can use the pod casts for teaching science vocabulary.  This has been a great class and professional exercise for me I look forward to learning more in the technology field.