MOTIVATION - CONFUSION - WONDER The three words that can summarize this semester I can say this semester has challenged my brain in many different ways. I have felt motivated and also extremely frustrated and confused at different times. I began the semester a little nervous but excited to learn and add more to what I thought I knew about technology and education. I started the semester with a positive attitude and curious as to what we would learn, I was soon challenged as school progressed, time became limited, and life in general interrupted the order I thought I could keep. Even though it has been challenging to keep up for me, I have enjoyed learning of new tools that I see have made a good impact on many of my students, I value our meetings and moments of not understanding something completely, but being given the tools to figure it out. There have been many topics we have discussed that I have applied on a personal level to improve myself as a learner. Our discussions have made me more aware of what I have to work on as a teacher to improve myself so that I can become a better teacher. There has been a lot of self-evaluating and planning involved in my personal learning this semester. It has not been an easy semester though, and that should be good based on what we have read and learned in class. Those uncomfortable moments have really made me expand my thinking, especially with the case study and research paper, which is where I am at the moment. Even though I have been able to practice and learn new skills, I feel that my pacing has been slower than it should. At this point of the semester, I am struggling to catch up and reorganize some of my ideas and things that didn’t go quite like I thought they would. It has and continues to be a struggling learning experience but I am looking forward to the end product and being able to work on the questions that still remain.
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Maria Dowling
11/27/2017 07:56:42 pm
I agree that lack of time or managing my time has been one of my struggles. It has been a challenge, but that's because we're taken out of our comfort zone in order to become better educators. I'm glad that we're in this together and that we can support one another. Just keep your eye on the prize...you're one step closer already. :)
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Heather
11/29/2017 02:19:31 pm
Managing time has almost been impossible for me this semester. Juggling life, work, and now school... I seriously find myself running in circles trying to figure out where to start and how to finish! This semester has shown me why it is so important to teach organizational and time management skills to our students!
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