Week Eight: Final Thoughts

In the past eight weeks, I feel I have had many "Aha!" moments--all of which occurred while learning a new technology skill. Specifically...I was pleased with myself when I figured out how to remove the navigation bar on the left side of my ePortfolio homepage. I also really enjoyed learning more about wikis and how to create one. The same is true for the Jing presentation. I don't know at this point where I will go from here with all of this newfound information. I don't plan to return to the working world for at least another three years, but when I do decide to work again, I would like to use as much of what I have learned in this class as possible. If I get a job in a library, I expect that I will use wikis and blogs to share books, reviews and other information with my students, as well as to allow my students to share their thoughts and ideas with others. There's a good chance that my wiki will include a Jing presentation of some type that tells students how to add information to the wiki. However, if I teach kindergarten, which I hope to do before I become a librarian, I might have to think a bit harder about how to use the types of technologies I have learned about in this class with 5 and 6 year olds. I know it can be done, but I haven't even begun to think about the possibilities at this point.