It's official, I completed my first course in teacher's college. It was only a 6 week course but in that time I learned so much valuable and applicable information. My digital learning course was jam packed with new online tools, tips for improving your online identity and information on how to use technology effectively in your classroom. With the format of class being gamified there was no getting around using and improving my online skills.
After spending some time in my placement school I know that many of the skills I learned in class will be useful. My school has tons of technology and students have access to all the devices and media they could ever need. There is something for every type of learner and students are encouraged to use online tools to further their in class learning. If I am going to do my teaching block at this awesome and forward thinking school then I am going to have to be prepared to introduce and use new tools. These students already know what it's like to have teachers who bring media into their classrooms and so the bar has been set ... very high.
Luckily, I feel ready. I'm confident that I can use more entertaining and engaging presentation tools then I would have previously thought. I'm ready to create PowToon presentations and gage what my students know by using real time quizzing applications like Kahoot! Even the creation of this blog can be credited to my digital learning course. I'm grateful that a course like this was created so I, as a 21st century teacher, would be prepared to face tech savvy students. I'm thankful for my professor DJ Dave who came to class with passion and excitement about the subject while remaining patient as many of us struggled through learning something new.
With one class under my belt I feel like my journey to becoming a teacher is truly underway and I'm moving forward as a #techknowteacher!
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