All things must come to an end...

Reflecting back on this course, EME5050, a lot of emotions come to mind- excitements, frustrations, discoveries, and the occasional disappointments. I feel that though out this course I was able to learn about several resources that I had never heard of and even the opportunity to work with many of them. Having the weekly discussion with fellow peers was a great opportunity to learn what teachers were already using in the classroom and how they thought it was working out for them.

I mentioned that there was some frustrations mixed in my wide array of emotions. Majority of the time technology will work for you and your benefit, but in a few cases it can work against you. Working with several new applications I found myself trying to do the same thing over and over again and it never really turning out how I had pictured it in my head. That is one important thing that teachers must keep in mind about all aspects of teaching; sometimes things aren’t going to be as we imagined and we must learn to be flexible. Technology is a great tool, but always remember to have a backup plan.

Creating the final project had its headaches as well, but all in all I am glad that I had the opportunity to put together something that I am truly proud of. I can look back at what I have put together for years to come and use it in my future classrooms. While constructing this project I was able to work with many different applications, such as prezi, slideshare, irubric, wikispace, and blogger. This project alone opened my eyes to many different facets of technology available to use in the classroom.

Now that I look back at what I was expecting to gain from this course and what I have gained in the end, I find that I got more than what I bargained for. When I started this class I figured I would learn about how to implement technology into the classroom, but not to the extent of what this course prepared me for. As a future teacher and ‘graduate’ of this class I know that I will be able to offer my students some of the best applications available.