Final Thoughts and Takeaways

    

    This course allowed me to see so many fantastic uses of technology for myself as an educator and for the students that I will be teaching for years to come. One major takeaway that I found with this course was the use of Twitter and blogging as a way to retrieve information for lessons and to also share my work with other educators and students. I found that during my practicum, I was able to use both of these resources as a great support if I was ever looking for creative, COVID-friendly lessons and activities for the grade fives that I was teaching. I also found this course to be incredibly helpful in easing any concerns that I would've had if I had to switch to teaching virtually in my practicum. Furthermore, it was really exciting to look more into learning about coding for kids as this was an area that I had never known anything about and I know that coding is something that we are going to be seeing more and more of in the schools in the coming years. This course also answered many of the burning questions that I had about documenting student understanding and using technology as as engaging resource for students that fosters deep understanding of curricular outcomes.

Areas of Success:

    During my time in this course, I found that having constructive friends was a great source of success. I was able to share some of my unique ideas with my peers as we worked collaboratively and I was able to also share my knowledge with my mentor teacher in my practicum. One really cool resource that I found in my exploration in this class was a tool called Classroomscreen. This resource allows teachers to have a visual representation of what their lessons/day will look like and has incredible tools all in one place. My constructive friends were also a great source of giving me pointers and ways to improve my blog postings using various features that are available.