"What have you found useful?"
Truthfully, I have found every assignment to be useful. The programs we learned about and the projects we completed all have educational purposes. I didn’t have experience using any of these programs or creating a website, except for blogger. I’ve found Inspiration and Photo Story to be the most useful. As a future special education teacher, I, my student, and/or both of us working together, can create concept maps to help understand a subject. With Photo Story I could create a social story to introduce or reinforce a social skill for a student.
"What have you found challenging?"
Even though the Inspiration program was not challenging itself to use, I found that assignment to be the most challenging. It was difficult trying to be concise and determine which information to include in the concept map.
"What have you found frustrating?"
The amount of time we had for projects was frustrating. The first two weeks I was overwhelmed, wondering how I would be able to complete all the projects and respond on the blog. However, after much of the class time was devoted to working on projects, I was able to catch up. Also, I had to stop myself from working on projects longer than needed. I could have fine-tuned a few of the projects, such as the Photoshop and Inspiration ones.
"What have you found rewarding?"
Completing all of my projects has been rewarding. I was worried I would have trouble with them or I would be working on some up until the last class. However, I was proud of myself when I had completed the last one a week early. Also, creating my own website has been rewarding.
"Any great "ah-ha" that you might have experienced?"
A great “ah-ha” moment I experienced is when I realized technology isn’t as difficult to use as I thought it would be. Yes many of the programs can become more complex and complicated; however, through research and experimentation you can learn how to use many of the basic tools of the programs.
"Hopes for the remainder of the semester?"
My hopes for the remainder of the semester are to look over my blog and website: clean it up, and/or add other necessary information.
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