Summary of Learning

I began this class with very little knowledge when it comes to using technology for the classroom, very little experience participating in online communities, and not a lot of skills with even basic applications that a lot of folks use daily.

Skills & Experience Development

STARTING EXPERIENCE END OF COURSE
  • Very comfortable with google work space (less with google slides)
  • Some experience with Instagram
  • Some experience with Facebook
  • Some experience with Edsby
  • Very little experience with graphic design programs
  • Little to no experience with work/school applications, add-ons, and AI
  • Building comfort with GIMP, VideoScribe, and PowToon
  • Have created a blog and know the basics of posting and maintaining my ePortfolio
  • Hands on experience with numerous other applications that can be used in the classroom 
  • Some experience with AI applications
  • Big increase in practical exposure to general tech skills involving audio, video, and image files

Also, my tool kit and vocabulary has exploded!!!

It was slow going at the start. It took a lot of time. A LOT. And I would get frustrated by how cumbersome my process of learning was.  But in the past couple weeks I’ve realized that I move through trying new applications and navigating them just a little bit more easily. And what is exciting about this is that my brain isn’t just fighting to understand how to use these tools, decode the language of them. I have the mental space to start seeing the possibilities in what they offer as learning tools. I’m excited to work with them, try things out, explore the possibilities.   

I can’ t emphasize enough what massive growth I’ve experience over the past 7 weeks!

THANK YOU

Below I’m sharing my Summary of Learning through a whiteboard animation created with PowToon. To make this video, I had to draw on a lot of skills that I still didn’t really have (working with audio files and learning this new web-based animation platform). And yes, it still took me a lot of time. 

But, I took this learning in stride. I felt more able to intuitively decode or find the answers I needed. I felt more nimble in my brains ability to navigate these digital forms and tools.

I’m wrapping up this course feeling far more confident (and not quite as old)      as when I started. 

Watch my Powtoon: Summary of Learning Part 1   

Watch my Powtoon: Summary of Learning Part 2

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