Final Blog for ED 620 - Reflection

As the summer winds down, so does this course. Although I am just beginning to fulfill the requirements of my Master's Degree in Educational Technology and ITS Certification, I must say that I feel this course has certainly exceeded my expectations. I truly feel that learning the information I did regarding the Invisible Web, Wikis, Internet Scavenger Hunts, Blogs, Webquests, RSS Feeds, Open Source Applications, and Podcasts will prove to beneficial to my technological world either personally or professionally! Not only was I able to explore such a variety of evolving technology, I was also able to apply it and test my skills to create class projects.

With regard to my professional life, I feel that I will be able to communicate with fellow educators to share information using blogs. RSS Feeds are an excellent way for educators to stay up to date with the latest in education, in a less time consuming fashion. As for my students, I think that they will certainly enjoy integrating technology into our lessons by using Internet Scavenger Hunts or Webquests. I would also like to see my students reflect on their technology experiences in a class blog. Podcasts seem to be great ways to teach and/or reinforce skills already taught. I found so many useful Open Sources that I also plan to use to reinforce skills. Finally, for my more advanced students, I would like to explain to them what a wiki is prior to completing a research paper. Afterwards, I hope to see those students be able to add information to Wikipedia based on their research!

Thanks to everyone who has shared information with me and mostly to John for all you have taught me throughout this course (and we didn't even need a textbook--THANK YOU!)! Take care everyone and I hope to interact with you in other courses!