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Final Reflection


A) I learned a lot from this course. I learned not to be afraid of using multimedia in my classroom to enhance my teaching. I feel like I met the ISTE goal of being a knowledge constructor because I used many tech resources to produce creative artifacts. I also became a global collaborator by joining the Twitter scene and being an active participant.

B) One of the most useful tools I found was Screencastify. I believe this because it is an easy google extension to use. It also is a great user friendly way to record tutorials of how to navigate through a website or digital app. I plan on in the future using this tool to create tutorials of google classroom, our online textbook, and many other apps our district uses for both the parents and students to use to know how to better use the technology the district is giving them to guide their education. This would also help parents know how to navigate through their student's work when they need help at home since they are not using the tech as much as their students. 

I also plan on using blogs as a way to connect my families to our classroom. I will do this by creating a blog that extends content past the school day but still ties to the curriculum covered in class. This will keep the parents connected to the learning their student is doing and show them what all their student is doing in class. It is also a way for parents to have access to resources to help their child out at home if they have questions on assignments. This will allow parents, students, and myself to have a solid relationship and feel like everyone is connected within the learning. 

C) I plan on continuing to use multimedia tools to enhance my learning. I want to make Youtube playlists of the labs we do for each unit so when students are gone they are still able to complete the labs especially if we run out of resources for them to do the lab at a later time. I will also use multimedia tools to keep everyone involved parents, students, administration, etc. all connected to my classroom so that relationships can grow from day one. 

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