AH!

This week's assignment has been INTENSE and all I can really say about it all is AH!

I do think I learned something from it all and this would probably be it:

I SURVIVED and I CAN DO IT!

After it all that is what I came away with. Sure, now I know how to make a webpage for my classroom, I know how to embed videos on it, I know how to use googledocs better and the calendar, I know how to share things, make a survey, and so much more. But, the thing I am leaving with after this week's assignment is just the confidence that I CAN do it. I think as a teacher it is so vitally important to have confidence in yourself and in your abilities. Technology in the classroom is useless if as a teacher you don't feel confident in it; you will never use it. You may have the skills and the udnerstanding and knowledge of how to use the various tools availabe, but if you don't feel confident it is all pointless and no one benefits from it. All of these activities this week have boosted my own confidence. I feel like I can accomplish the tasks laid out before me and that I can use technology in my classroom with my students. I am by no means extremely skilled or confident in it, but I do believe that this is the start and as the semester progresses I will grow in confidence as well as skills. That is the greatest thing I have learned this week and the most useful:

CONFIDENCE