As I am about to finish my Master's degree in Instructional Technology, it is time for me to begin looking ahead to how I will continue with my education even though I am not formally in school.
Who will help me learn?
I believe that the people I surround myself with every day in my working environment play a huge role in how I will grow as an educator. There are two colleagues that I have worked with to help complete my practicum and even though I designed the lessons to bring technology into their classrooms and got the ball rolling, they have been creative and taught me things about technology in return. So, as I develop lessons that integrate technology into my classroom, Ms. Pace and Ms. Kirk will be two teachers that I will brainstorm with and bounce ideas off of.
Also in my school are three additional colleagues that I will seek guidance from are my mentor and school librarian, Ms. Maxwell; the technology contact, Ms. Wandell; and a former technology instructor, Ms. Gage. They all work with technology on a regular basis and they are the people that receive training from our district on all the technology available to teachers, so they are great resources for both ideas and help when things are not working the way they are supposed to.
The final person I will work with as I grow in the use of technology is my husband. Although he does not work in education, he works with technology for his job, which gives me a great idea of what future employers are looking for so I can use that in my classroom as well as the fact that he understands technology lingo and helps me in many ways when I struggle to understand what I am reading. He is also one of the most creative people I have ever met, which complements my left-brained thinking. His help has already gotten me through many classes.
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