Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Reflections Week 3
As, I read through all the information and begin to understand how all this works, I have started to grasp how important it is to continue to learn. I realize that if I had not chosen to go back to school and become an educator my perspective on many things would not be what it is now. I'm really excited about joining the Tapped-In site and I joined the nursing education group under that site. I plan on taking the tour and really trying to become a member. The possibilities of on-line education is limitless and I am amazed as I read through our book and the other assigned readings of how much the web and computers can assist us in learning and teaching. Now my brain is really wondering all the possibilites and all the ways this could help me learn and teach. I am already involved in a program at UCO where I have to go on-line to grade my students' evaluations of their clinical experience and I am giving them feedback but now I wonder how we could use a similar program to teach in a synchronous manner and be able to discuss and facilitate the groups' learning through a process like what we are learning in class. It is all very cool!
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I totally understand what you mean about returning to school and realizing how much I could miss if I hadn't.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a classroom teacher, the only new information I got was new directives from administration and whatever I overheard from my students! I became so consumed in lesson planning and ticking off standards that I didn't have time to notice what changes were going on "out there... in the real world."
I agree with your thoughts on how the information in our reading is helping us begin to understand all the possibilities available to us with on-line education. It does make the mind start to wonder and ponder all the fantastic opportunities there are for on-line educators and learners!
ReplyDeleteI agree. We are going to have to continue to learn, forever. I like that though. I do know I need to keep up with the ever changing computer technology.
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