Here's what people are now "seeing":
- Many expressed their hope to be more creative in the classroom; incorporating more collaboration, and student-driven discussion.
- Everyone is in agreement that the web 2.0 tools we have been exposed to will benefit our teaching. The specific tools that people hope to take advantage of seem to vary.
- Everyone also seemed to agree that teaching science in a 21st century classroom has a continuous learning curve.
- Because of this PLNs and social networking forums are essential. Teachers have a lot to teach each other.
Speaking of social networking, while surfing twitter today I came upon a blog post that really hit home to me. The post was entitled "10 Ways My Thinking Has Changed". Judging from our D2L discussion, I feel this reflection could have been written by anyone who took this class (and the comments are worth reading through as well). I think it tells the story pretty effectively.
That is a great post--thanks so much for sharing it. I think we've all moved closer to where we want to be through this class. Good luck this year! I look forward to keeping up with everyone's trials and tribulations through our blogs! Keep those networks rolling!
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