As you can see in the above Prezis, my personal learning network has gown exponentially with all of the new tools and sites I have learned about along the way. This, however, is only the beginning of my PLN and I look forward to it growing more and more as I continue on with the Masters program.
Looking back on my goals from CEP 810 I noticed that I was extremely vague when it came to what exactly I wanted to accomplish during this program. I simply desired to learn more about technology and how to integrate it into my French classroom to help my students learn and I would definitely say I have started on the path to accomplishing this goal. I have learned about many different types of online resources I can use in my classroom ranging from Prezi to Jing to Blogger but there is still so much more to learn.
To start, I plan on completing the MAET Masters Program within the next few years to learn even more about educational technology within the classroom. Based on my experiences so far in the program I’m sure there is much more to learn in the upcoming courses. One thing I really connected with during the past few classes was the idea of the Flipped Classroom and I plan on implementing this once I have to my own classroom to see if it would be beneficial for my students. Even though I already created one lesson on the past tense in French, that I will probably alter a bit but I would definitely consider using it in future, I want to make more! I really believe this will help not only with student retention but it will also give us so much more time in class to help the students actually use the language. Ultimately my main goal will be to end up with 2-3 lessons each month that follow the Flipped Classroom model. I’ll start out slow introducing them to my students then slowly add more and more until they are accustomed to this new style of learning.
I really look forward to all of the learning that is going to come in the future. As educators we are lifetime students and I hope that by keeping my mind open and trying out new technologies I'll be able to help my students learn not only French but also about the world of technology and what they can do with it.
