The Last Thing–for the moment
I have learned so much about so many things in this online course; the first of which is I really need to work on time management and being able to focus on the task at hand! I found that once I got going, I did fine, but I was not very good at pacing myself, especially once we got into the holiday season with so many special activities. I’m glad the class didn’t start in November! One of our class members suggested that people sign up for the class in teams. I think that is a wonderful idea to help people keep a focus and share ideas with one another.
More than the time management and focus issues though, I have been introduced to so many valuable tools. I have started wikis for the elementary teachers to share books they have used in the Writers’ Workshop. I’ve encouraged our computer lab supervisors to work with the teachers to develop pageflakes to use on the lab computers. I have found subject-matter websites to suggest to teachers with those special interests. I’ve shared bits and pieces with teachers all along, but I just can’t wait to figure out how to get to the largest group of teachers to reach the largest number of students. I would love to have my own classroom again just to use all of these new ways of learning and sharing! I’m so lucky that my grandsons will be exposed to these tools to help them as they get further in school.
I’m sure this has been a real learning experience for us all. I always found that the more my students learned, the more I learned. So, Jerrie, you must have really learned a lot! I appreciate so much the patience and the knowledge that Jerrie had to use to make this such an enlightening experience for me!
