Personal+Learning+Environment

**Personal Growth (Personal Learning Environment)**  Learning 2oh is just a step on my journey to learning more about incorporating technology into my classroom. However, through this class I have experienced lots of new possibilities. Some of these experiences have been great, and some of them frustrating. I have felt tremendous success with my wiki, and utter failure with Google Earth. I intend to continue to develop my skills through further classes, but mostly through the network of resources (people) that I am developing. I hope to attend the TIE Conference again this summer, and with some of my new skills I will be able to take my level of technology to new heights.

The wiki has definitely been my greatest success, and I will also continue to use the blog, online tools, photo sites, podcasting, and social bookmarking. The tool that I am struggling with using is Google Earth. I will need some more time and practice to feel comfortable incorporating this into my classroom.

One of the difficulties and benefits of this class was the "on your own" style of the class. I have enjoyed working at my own pace, albeit a slow one. I have also enjoyed having the time to experiment with things at my own pace and in my own way. I have learned, however, that I am really not "on my own" that there are a number of people who can help me when I get stuck, and I have also had the opportunity to help other people. The learning community that this class created has helped me to see that in my classroom, I am not the be all end all source of knowledge. I have had my students look to each other when they need help. I have also noticed that they are looking to each other through the discussion tabs on our wiki.

I will continue to develop my PLE by looking for other people who can help me to grow in my use of technology and also looking for people that I can help. It almost seems like a "pay it forward" situation. Thanks Dana and Randy for a challenging and rewarding class. :)

