FINAL Reflection for the MEIT Program

Where to begin...this program has taught me way more than I thought I would learn about technology. I began wondering if anything would apply to my grade level and I am leaving with way too many ideas to use in my classroom! The best part about the program is that I got all of these ideas for myself AND I have plenty to share with other teachers. Ideally, in the future, I would like to be an elementary technology integrator. I would enjoy not only teaching children from 5 to 11 how to use technology, but also the staff. They are the toughest ones to get on board with technology and I really think I could help some leary teachers learn how to use technology in their curriculum. Since our district and most surrounding us are cutting in the area of technology, I am going to try to share my ideas with others without having the "integrator" title. I really hope that my Third Grade WIKI takes off. If it does, I would like to start other way for grade levels to share ideas. I would also like to start a blog to share with the teachers all of the interesting Web 2.0 tools and software programs that are available for them. I say that now, I have high hopes, but I am a classroom teacher and when school starts, the kids in my class and my curriculum becomes priority, but this time I hope that it is different. Here is to hoping!!! :)

And... I AM DONE!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!! :)

Computer Architecture-Final Reflection

Looking back on this, I learned a lot of very helpful and important information. I wish this class would have been a bit earlier in the program. Now when I read an ad about a computer, I can understand what it means. It was very interesting learning about the components of computers. I also really liked learning about the different malware. It amazes me that most of them did start with good intentions...it goes to show that one bad apple spoils the bunch. My favorite activity was the disaster recovery activity. This is going to be very useful to me in the future. Overall, I enjoyed this class and I feel like I have a much better idea of how a computer works.