The Lifelong Learning Habit that is the easiest for me is accepting responsibility for my own learning. Once I decided to attend college, I knew that at that time my learning opportunities were in my own hands. In college, there would be no more of anybody telling me to go to class, take notes, participate in class, study, read the material, and practice concepts. I understood from day one that these were now my responsibilities and I took them seriously mainly for two reasons: I am now paying for this part of my education and I want to be the best Educator I can become.
The Lifelong Learning Habit that is the hardest for me is using technology to my advantage. I am not a computer illiterate person, but I am completely computer savvy either. I use technology for the basics like social sites for communicating with family and friends, email, banking, research and writing papers, and etc. I have never blogged, used a smart board, etc and would rather use a simpler method, but I do understand to be an effective teacher, I have to evolve with technology, learn to use it effectively for its learning benefits, and give my students the learning opportunities it has to offer them.
By playing with Web 2.0 tools and setting up my blog, I would like to become more familiar with emerging technology and the correct ways to communicate my learning experiences and learning from others experiences. Setting up my blog was an eye opening experience; it showed me how inexperienced I was with some of the internet's technology and became frustrating at times, especially adding the avatar, but its something I can say I know how to do now and the first step in improving my knowledge of technology for the classroom.
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