Climbing the mountain!

I really enjoyed this course.  The most exciting part of this course for me was the deeper understanding I now have of the DBL process and how to make it work.  I am far from an expert at this, but at least now I know how to pursue excellence in making DBLs. I feel much more confident in approaching DBLs and STEM.

 

This was a truly worthwhile and fantastic course.  I am really excited about the different technologies that we learned and look forward to continuing to use them in my classes.  It was great to learn and actually use so many different types....this really allowed us to try them on for size to see which ones work for us.  I liked the structure of the class and the fact that every assignment was valuable and applicable to current teachers.

I found this course very helpful as I try to integrate more technology into my classroom.  I learned a lot about technology I was aware of, but not too familiar (flipping, blogs, Prezi).  I also learned loads of new technology that I have already began using with my classes.  I enjoy the idea of using Popplet in the classroom, and incorporating Piktographs and Mood Boards into my instruction.

The TED talks were very interesting and inspirational.  I will definitely use that resource!

This was a mood board that I found for my Pay-It-Forward lesson..   I used it in an Infographic.

I am excited to use more  infographics in my lessons. I am fascinated by some of the real professional ones I have seen. I love art and math, and I feel the inforgraphics will be a good medium to work with.

Overall I feel this class has opened my eyes more to using different technologies in my lessons. I hope it has done the same for all who have taken this course.

God Bless,
Michael Braudrick

Wow! I feel so techy!

Although we are all overwhelmed as teachers, we know that learning new things really make us a better teacher. This is really how I feel about this class. I have already begun to implement Google into my journalism classes, but I feel like it has definitely been the most helpful tool for me. I was just scratching the surface of the capabilities of the Google machine. I still think there is so much more I can do, but I take it one day at a time. By sharing with my students this knowledge, they have run with it and daily show me new things!

I almost wish I could take the class again just to really absorb more of the information and tools. I do plan to continue trying new tech tools and sharing them with my students. I have definitely become more tech smart.

I thought the class was valuable for me. There were several concepts and ideas that I have been able to consider to make the PBL successful in my classroom. It would have taken me a lot longer to discover most of these on my own. The tools we have been using will be very useful and I fully intend on using them. I do wish my school was further along with infrastructure and support for some of these. I also have found that many of the students do not have as much access to technology at home as I would have thought. However, I have been using what I have in the classroom to my advantage. I am really looking forward to doing what I can now and really make a push in the summer to increase it.

I absolutely loved, loved, loved this course.  I feel like it was a rare opportunity to learn things and instantly implement them into my classroom in powerful ways; whereas you don't always get that with classes.  I have already recommended this course to all of my colleagues at my school, so don't be surprised if and when you see them next semester.

Thank you for creating such a great course for teachers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics related disciplines.  I can't wait to really hone my newfound skills and see what develops in the next couple of years!

Sincerely,
Andrea

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