My Aha's

Over the past several weeks, my idea of educational technology has been transformed into something meaningful and relevant to my life. The journey started with writing my philosophy on educational technology. While writing it several weeks ago, I was sure of my views about education and the impact technology has on it. But in retrospect, I really didn’t have an idea of how powerful educational technology truly is. Through the different activities and journal articles, I started to see how my professor facilitated a learning environment that really allowed me to reevaluate my ideas on education and best instructional practices.  Learners today are powerful because they have so many tools at their disposal. Blogs, Wikis, and Web 2.0 applications provide unlimited possibilities for student learning. As an educator AND today’s learner, I see the value and importance in something like an ePortfolio that allows you to facilitate your own learning while connecting with world around you. My new outlook has fueled my desire to learn more about educational technology and remain current with the trends and innovations shaping the field.

I plan to continue using my blog that I created in this class. I think I want to take it in a different direction though. I want to spark more conversations from other educators on the benefit of educational technology. I also want to dialog with people about what we can do to make changes with teachers who are resistant.