From+the+Heart

"Wow I'm done with my wiki..." is probably the furthest thing from the truth. I may never be done with this wiki. There will ALWAYS be something more to add, something new to share, some other way to learn and to share with my students. Wow, I've just started something great; would be a more accurate statement. Outside of the actual wiki itself, this wiki has taught me a lot of things about myself. I started this class with close to zero technological skills, zero confidence in my ability to learn to use different applications of technology, and to be honest, a distrust for what technology had the potential to do to our society. I have now come to realize that I am more than capable of learning to effectively use and manipulate technology applications. I made a podcast the other day of me reading a story and emailed it to my nephew, I used photostory to send my mom a mother's day card (which ended up being far more personal than something I could have found at King Soopers). Technology isn't driving us further and further apart, it's actually a way of staying connected to other people, to interact and collaborate in ways that have never existed before. I learned a lot about what it is going to take to be a teacher by taking this class. This really is going to be the hardest thing that I've ever done in my life. I say that with a smile on my face because I know how much I care about helping children realize their own potential, and how heavy of a responsibility that is, and I now know that it is going to take a treamendous amount of thought, planning, and preparing myself to make sure that I am doing the best job possible for them. I realized that there are going to be days where you get fed up or frustrated, but that improvising is always an option and that better planning will make the delivery much more seamless. I am proud of everything that I have done in this class, but I am most proud of my own personal maturation and development through this class. I know that I am not ready yet, but this class has given me an insight as to what it will take, this class has given me confidence in new abilities never thought possible before, this class taught me about me and helped to reaffirm thoughts and feelings that I felt about this profession. I'm so excited, anxious and nervous at the same time. I know that I will be a great teacher because I truely care, but it's going to take an extraordinary amount of effort to be the best and to continue to strive to serve my kids more and more effectively everyday