YAY! the end! *one more thing*

When I first started this blog I thought I would never finish! The tasks seemed like they'd be too complicated and I would never figure it out! Well now that I have finished, I totally loved every bit of it! There were so many great things that I can't even begin to respond to them. The only ones that didn't grab my attention were the flowchart and mind bubble websites; these just weren't as exciting as the others. They were great websites just nothing that I would use. I really think that I'm going to periodically look at the 23 things to just refresh my memory of all the activities. 

I never even though of lifelong learning goals until they were presented to me at the beginning of this process. When I take a step back and look at the bigger picture, I see that everything is a learning experience and I should try to make an attempt to learn something new everyday. Whether it be from students, colleagues, parents, friends, or a woman in a store, I hope to learn something from someone or some thing. 

I really didn't expect to learn so much from Web 2.0. I had no idea that there were so many things to explore on the internet that could be useful for educators. There are so many ways to exchange information and gather information from other people or resources. You can create so many things on the internet that can be saved for later use or presented a wide range of viewers. Its a great concept and I am so glad that I have been exposed to these advantages of the internet. 

I hope to use all of the things I have learned in my future classroom. A lot of times you hear of teachers having students that have to educate them on technology but I hope to be the one who is educating the students on up-to-date technology and information and maybe even being ahead of the game. The only way to stay ahead of your students is why making sure you know all the ends and out to what is new and what is out of date and how things work. Maybe I will be able to be successful in this aspect. I plan to regularly check back with the many resources that I have been exposed to in order to stay in tuned with Web 2.0 and all the new features. It will be difficult because it changes so fast, but as along as I stick with it, it shouldn't be a problem!