Week Two of my Culminating Experience

Whew (as I wipe my forehead and exhale)! I have to admit that this week has been really interesting for me. I had a miniature melt down when I attempted to rewrite the proposal for my final project. I thought about changing it all together (not a good idea at this point) and creating an entirely new and more exciting plan that would wow my coworkers, classmates, instructor and myself. I am very glad that one of my cohort members talked or emailed some reason into my meltdown moments and helped me see that the current project was fine (thanks Brian). With some feedback and suggestions from others, I do see a light at the end of the tunnel.

After meeting with instructor I felt much better about the purpose and focus for my project. I understand now that the most important and wowing factor of the project is that it is relevant to what I do and is usable for me. With that in mind, the excitement originally felt before I became overwhelmed returned with more ideas of how to creatively meet my project objectives. After reviewing one of my classmate's portfolio. I was reminded of all of the tools we had been exposed to and learned to use through out this program and I began to have more ideas about how I could create training materials.

This week as it has come to an end, when I reflect on it, has been a really good one and one yielding much insight and assurance for me. At this point, I have to say that this program has put me back in touch with my creative side again. That is something that I have missed in other educational arenas. Thank you CU's MEIT department- creativity is so important as an educator it fuels our passion.

CEDO 599 - Week 1 What I Have Learned

Wow, it is here already. I can hardly believe that this journey is coming to an end. As I prepare to work on my culminating project, I have butterflies from excitement and apprehension. Fear of finishing everything on time and fear of how well my project will turn out is sitting quietly next to me and tapping me on my shoulder.

Reflecting on the experiences throughout the past two years, I have learned so much about myself and how technology makes my work with my students more engaging. I have learned how resistant to change we can all be at times, even my students and myself. When I reviewed my project proposal, I realized that during my course of study in this program I have definitely developed a vision for the use of technology in my building. The plan it self was a bit large for the time I had planned to complete it, but it is a plan that can be implemented in the longer term.

I learned that it okay, to revamp and start over and when you do that you don't have throw everything away. I also learned that many teachers and staff appreciate having somewhere that they can turn to find and share resources, although they don't want to be responsible for managing the site. What I look forward to the most over the next few weeks is helping my co-workers build something that we can all benefit from.